Edgar Cantero

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Edgar Cantero
Born (1981-05-27) May 27, 1981 (age 42)
Nationality Spanish
Occupation(s)Writer, cartoonist
Notable workDormir amb Winona Ryder
The Supernatural Enhancements
Meddling Kids
Website punkahoy.blogspot.com

Edgar Cantero (born 27 May 1981 in Barcelona) is a Spanish writer and cartoonist working in Catalan, Spanish and English. He is known for his books Dormir amb Winona Ryder, which won the 2007 Joan Crexells Award [1] [2] [3] and the horror-comedy novel Meddling Kids (2017), which became a New York Times best-seller. [4]

Contents

Bibliography

Novels

Catalan

English

Novellas

Catalan

  • Baileys n'coke (2008)
  • Dies delenda (2008)

Short stories

Catalan

  • "El nexe entre el sexe i el plexe venós dorsal" (2005)
  • "L'urinari d'Hesíode" (2005). English translation, "Aesop's Urinal", published in Best European Fiction 2016 , 2015. [11]
  • "20/XX" (2006)
  • "Tres nadons" (2007)
  • "Un cadàver bonic" (2013)

English

  • "There's a Giant Trapdoor Spider Under Your Bed" (2018) [12]
  • "The Meddler" (2018), a spin-off set in the aftermath of Meddling Kids. [13] [14]

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