Juan García Rodenas
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Juan García Rodenas is a Spanish writer.
Since 1996, Rodenas has published his works in literary fanzines and magazines. He has written essays, articles and poems, but he’s known for his genre novels. His work Baladas que no canta el Diablo (El Libro de las Moscas) (Ballads the Devil Doesn’t Sing - The Book of Flies) was finalist in the II Premio de Novela Negra Rodrigo Rubio in 1998. The novel Perritos (Little Dogs) won the V Premio de Novela de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in 2000. His most popular character is inspector Serrano, a Spanish occult detective
, that appears in García Rodenas' saga La Saga de la Ciudad Oscura (Dark City Saga), an eight-novels story which mixes crime and horror with mystery and supernatural.
Since 1996, Rodenas has published his works in literary fanzines and magazines. He has written essays, articles and poems, but he’s known for his genre novels. His work Baladas que no canta el Diablo (El Libro de las Moscas) (Ballads the Devil Doesn’t Sing - The Book of Flies) was finalist in the II Premio de Novela Negra Rodrigo Rubio in 1998. The novel Perritos (Little Dogs) won the V Premio de Novela de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in 2000. His most popular character is inspector Serrano, a Spanish occult detective
Occult detective
Occult detective stories combine the tropes of the detective story with those of supernatural horror fiction. Unlike the traditional detective the occult detective is employed in cases involving ghosts, curses, and other supernatural elements...
, that appears in García Rodenas' saga La Saga de la Ciudad Oscura (Dark City Saga), an eight-novels story which mixes crime and horror with mystery and supernatural.