Álex de la Iglesia (Bilbao, 1965). In 1991 he directed the short film Mirindas asesinas. Since then he has shot emblematic films such as El día de la bestia (1995) and The Oxford Murders (2008). Payasos en la lavadora is his first and so far only novel (originally published in 1997).
Er wurde 1981 geboren und lebt in Triest, Italien. Seit seiner Kindheit begleitet ihn die Leidenschaft für das Zeichnen, das Malen und die Lyrik.
Nacido en 1981, vive en Italia, en Trieste. Ha cultivado la pasión por el dibujo, la pintura y la poesía desde muy joven.
Alma Books was set up in October 2005 by Alessandro Gallenzi and Elisabetta Minervini, the founders of Hesperus Press, publishing around 80 titles a year mainly in the field of contemporary literary fiction and classics.
Alma is the Spanish word for “Soul”, why did you choose it?
Because we aim to be “a publisher with a soul” and show the kind of passion and human touch that is gradually disappearing in our globalized world.
