Jose Ignacio Valenzuela made history in his native country, Chile, at 20 years old, when he wrote his first Telenovela, Amor a domicilio. Af­ter that, he began an international career, writing about 20 successful telenovelas for Chile, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the United States.

He is the scriptwriter of the successful se­ries Who Killed Sara?, one of NETFLIX’s most popular foreign-language series of all time.

He has published more than fifteen books for adults, teens, and children, and many of them have become best sellers in different countries. This is the case of “Trilogía del Malamor” (Heartbreak Trilogy), which is considered the first Latin Ame­rican Spanish fantasy trilogy. In 2012, the magazi­ne of the “New York Times”, About.com, selected him as one of the 10 best American writers under 40 years old.

In 2012, the magazine of the “New York Times”, About.com, selected him as one of the 10 best American writers under 40 years old.

Among his published works stand-out The Edge of your Skin (2009), Tina Modotti: The Endless Woman (2010), and The Case of the Actress No One Wanted or Liked (2007), which is the beginning of a YA detec­tive series, followed by another three books. With My crazy Grandma (2015) Valenzuela started “The Family Series” for children, which has been a great success in Latin America and Spain