José Mauro de Vasconcelos was born in Bangu (Rio de Janeiro) in 1920. As a writer, he converted his passion for travel into a working method: he would choose the setting of his next book and move there for entire periods, completely immersing himself in the narration. He wrote twenty-two books, including novels and collections of short stories, translated in Europe, the United States, Latin America and Japan. He was not only a prolific and acclaimed novelist, but also a journalist, radio voice, painter, model and actor: thanks to his handsome appearance he often played the role of heartthrob in numerous films and TV series.
