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 José Carlos Somoza was born in Havana, Cuba. In 1960, his family moved to Spain after being exiled for political reasons. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in psychiatry, but he gave up medicine in order to become a full-time writer in 1994.  | 
Titles and year of publication:
| 1) The Athenian Murders (Gold Dagger Award) | 2002 (Spain 2000) | 
| 2) The Art of Murder | 2005 (Spain 2001) | 
| 3) Zig Zag | 2007 (Spain 2006) |