Javier Cercas

Javier Cercas was born in 1962. He is a novelist short-story writer and columnist whose books include Soldiers of Salamis (which sold more than a million copies worldwide won six literary awards in Spain and was filmed by David Trueba) The Tenant and The Motive The Speed of Light and The Anatomy of a Moment. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in Barcelona.