The Author
José Rodrigues dos Santos is the bestselling novelist in Portugal. He is the author of five essays and
ten
novels, including Portuguese blockbusters
Codex 632, which sold
204 000 copies,
The Einstein Enigma, 190 000
copies,
The Seventh Seal, 196 000 copies, and
The Wrath of God, 187 000 copies
in Portugal. His overall
sales in the world are above two million copies, reaching the nº1 position in betselling charts of several countries.
José’s fiction is published or is about to be published in 20 languages. His novel The Wrath of God won the 2009 Porto Literary Club Award and his other novels Codex 632 and The Einstein Enigma, were longlisted for the 2010 and 2012 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
His first novel, The Island of Darkness, is in the process of being adapted for cinema by one of Portugal’s leading film directors, Leonel Vieira.
José is also a journalist and a university lecturer. He works for Portuguese public television, where he presents RTP’s Evening News. As a reporter he has covered wars around the globe, including Angola, East Timor, South Africa, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iraq, Bosnia, Serbia, Lebanon, Georgia and Libya. He has been awarded three times by CNN for his reporting and twice by the Portuguese Press Club.
José teaches journalism at Lisbon’s New University and has a Ph. D. on war reporting.
He was elected by readers the 2012 and 2013 Reader's Digest Trusted Brand Novelist of Portugal.
His latest novel, The Devil's Hand, has just been released and has already sold 126 000 copies. The book tells the story of legal procedures by the International Penal Court against those responsible for the crisis for crimes against humanity, with world-famous cryptanalyst Tomás Noronha involved in the enquiry. Based on genuine historical and financial information, The Devil’s Hand leads us to the heart of high politics and exposes the crimes made against the world economy.
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