Antonia Kerrigan Literary Agency

Nicaraguan writer Sergio Ramírez was named yesterday the winner of the 2017 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world’s highest literary honor. Ramírez has written more than 20 novels, including “Margarita, está linda la mar” (Margarita, How Beautiful the Sea), which won Spain’s prestigious Alfaguara award in 1998. His work has been widely translated.  He has also received... - Read more

Eva García Sáenz de Urturi has obtained the Planeta 2020 Prize with the novel  Aquitaine. “ A medieval thriller, a tribute to The name of the rose and a Game of Thrones of what would later become Europe, ”said the author, who dedicated the award to the victims of the pandemic. “The world of culture will survive this pandemic, explain it to us and move forward. My characters have... - Read more

This Christmas, two books of Manel Loureiro's zombie trilogy have been published in Poland and Galicia: Apocalipsis Z. Los días oscuros saw the light of day as Apokalipsa Z. Mroczne Dni, published by Muza, and Apocalipsis Z. El comienzo del fin turned itself into Apocalipse Z. O comezo da fin, published by Urco Editora. The trilogy, which Loureiro posted at first in a blog and then, after having been read by more than 1,5 million people,... - Read more

El maestro del Prado ( The Master of El Prado ) , sixth and last novel by Javier Sierra, was the most sold among the national fiction books in Spain in 2013, as revealed by Nielsen Bookscan. Published in February 2013 by Planeta, it has sold more than 150.000 copies in Spain and the same amount in Latin America, reaching its seventh edition and remaining on the best seller lists for more than 25 weeks in the sales lists. The novel, a mixture of... - Read more

The Seamstress continues to conquer Europe. We've just received copies of the twelfth edition in The Netherlands. With the title Het geluid van de nacht, the publishing house Wereldbibliotheek has sold more than 60.000 copies of the book since it came out in April 2012. The Seamstress , with more than a million readers in Spain, has been turned into a successful TV series and awarded prizes such as the Ciudad de Cartagena to the best... - Read more