Jesús Carrasco

Jesús
Carrasco

Jesús Carrasco was born in Badajoz in 1972 and currently lives in Seville. Since 1996 he has worked as an advertising copy writer. His first novel, Out in the Open, was declared Book of the Year by booksellers in Madrid, and will be published in nineteen countries around the world. The Dutch translation was shortlisted for the European Literature Prize.

Photo credit by Raquel Torres

Jesús Carrasco was born in Badajoz in 1972 and currently lives in Seville. Since 1996 he has worked as an advertising copy writer. His first novel, Out in the Open, was declared Book of the Year by booksellers in Madrid, and will be published in nineteen countries around the world. The Dutch translation was shortlisted for the European Literature Prize.

Photo credit by Raquel Torres

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