Leighton Gage
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Leighton Gage is an author
of crime fiction
best known for the Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigations series of novels set in Brazil
. He was inspired to write these novels after spending over 20 years living in Sao Paulo
, Brazil, and being immersed in the Brazilian culture. The subjects in his novels are often real problems that exist in Brazil today, problems that are foreign to the American culture.
Prior to his literary career, Gage was an international creative director for a major worldwide advertising agency
. He won over 120 awards for advertising excellence and served on the juries of the Lions Festival in Cannes
, the Art Director’s Club of New York, the Clio Awards
, and the Australian Writers and Art Directors Association. He is also the co-author of O Filme Publicitário, a non-fiction
work in Portuguese
. It was widely sold in Brazil, Portugal
, and the Portuguese-speaking countries of Africa
and was adopted as a textbook in many universities in those countries.
Born in the United States
, Gage has lived for extended periods in Germany
, the UK
, the Netherlands, Australia
, Argentina
and Brazil. He speaks English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish and Portuguese. He visited Spain
in the time of Franco
, Portugal in the time of Salazar
, South Africa
in the time of apartheid, Chile
in the time of Pinochet
, Argentina in the time of the junta
, Prague
, East Germany and Yugoslavia
in the days when the Soviet Union
held sway and also lived in Brazil during the time of the military government
.
Gage and his Brazilian-born wife spend much of the year in a small town near São Paulo and the remainder of the time visiting children and grandchildren living in three other countries.
His books have been translated into a number of languages. There are currently four books in print, and the whole collection is known as "The Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigations". The books cover a vast array of subjects, including underage prostitution, organ theft
, snuff videos
, and much more.
Gage's first novel, Blood of the Wicked was about the assassination of a bishop.
Author
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of crime fiction
Crime fiction
Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalizes crimes, their detection, criminals and their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred...
best known for the Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigations series of novels set in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. He was inspired to write these novels after spending over 20 years living in Sao Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, Brazil, and being immersed in the Brazilian culture. The subjects in his novels are often real problems that exist in Brazil today, problems that are foreign to the American culture.
Prior to his literary career, Gage was an international creative director for a major worldwide advertising agency
Advertising agency
An advertising agency or ad agency is a service business dedicated to creating, planning and handling advertising for its clients. An ad agency is independent from the client and provides an outside point of view to the effort of selling the client's products or services...
. He won over 120 awards for advertising excellence and served on the juries of the Lions Festival in Cannes
Cannes
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, the Art Director’s Club of New York, the Clio Awards
Clio Awards
The Clio Awards are annual awards bestowed to reward innovation and creative excellence in advertising, design and communication. The categories include work in nearly all types of media, and the judges are advertising professionals from around the world....
, and the Australian Writers and Art Directors Association. He is also the co-author of O Filme Publicitário, a non-fiction
Non-fiction
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work in Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
. It was widely sold in Brazil, Portugal
Portugal
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, and the Portuguese-speaking countries of Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
and was adopted as a textbook in many universities in those countries.
Born in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Gage has lived for extended periods in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, the UK
United Kingdom
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, the Netherlands, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
and Brazil. He speaks English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish and Portuguese. He visited Spain
Spain
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in the time of Franco
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...
, Portugal in the time of Salazar
António de Oliveira Salazar
António de Oliveira Salazar, GColIH, GCTE, GCSE served as the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. He also served as acting President of the Republic briefly in 1951. He founded and led the Estado Novo , the authoritarian, right-wing government that presided over and controlled Portugal...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
in the time of apartheid, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
in the time of Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet
Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, more commonly known as Augusto Pinochet , was a Chilean army general and dictator who assumed power in a coup d'état on 11 September 1973...
, Argentina in the time of the junta
Junta
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, Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, East Germany and Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
in the days when the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
held sway and also lived in Brazil during the time of the military government
Military government
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.
Gage and his Brazilian-born wife spend much of the year in a small town near São Paulo and the remainder of the time visiting children and grandchildren living in three other countries.
His books have been translated into a number of languages. There are currently four books in print, and the whole collection is known as "The Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigations". The books cover a vast array of subjects, including underage prostitution, organ theft
Organ theft
Organ harvesting refers to the removal, preservation and use of human organs and tissue from the bodies of the recently deceased to be used in surgical transplants on the living...
, snuff videos
Snuff film
A snuff film is a motion picture genre that depicts the actual death or murder of a person or people, without the aid of special effects, for the express purpose of distribution and entertainment or financial exploitation. For-profit snuff films are generally regarded as an urban legend, whose...
, and much more.
Gage's first novel, Blood of the Wicked was about the assassination of a bishop.
Works
- O Filme Publicitári (ISBN 8522406642)
- Blood of the Wicked (ISBN 978-1569474709)
- Buried Strangers (ISBN 978-1569475140)
- Dying Gasp (ISBN 978-1569478653)
- Every Bitter Thing (ISBN 978-1569478455)
- A Vine in the Blood (ISBN 978-1616950040)