Rodolfo Martinez

Rodolfo Martínez was born in Candás, Asturias, Spain, in 1965, Rodolfo is a computer programmer and probably the most prolific and award-winning science fiction writer in Spain. He writes with a dynamic style that often fuses several genres. Outstanding works in his bibliography include the cyberpunk novels La sonrisa del gato (now available in English as Cat's Whirld) in 1995 and El sueño del rey rojo (The Red King's Dream) in 2004 (both of them winners of the Ignotus Award for Best novel in 1996 and 2005); the Ignotus-winning 1996 space opera Tierra de nadie: Jormundgand (No Man's Land: Jormungand); the urban fantasy Los sicarios del cielo (Heaven's Hitmen) in 2005, which won a Minotauro Award; and Fieramente humano (Fiercely Human) in 2011, which won another Ignotus Award. He has written several fantasy pastiches inspired by Sherlock Holmes, and an action series under the overarching title El adepto de la reina (The Queen's Adept) in 2009, featuring a kind of James Bond in an alternative universe where special rules of physics operate. His short stories have been collected in Callejones sin salida (Dead-End Alleys) in 2005, Laberinto de espejos (Mirror Maze) in 2006, Porciones individuales (Single Portions) in 2012, and Dados cargados (Loaded Dice) in 2017. Martínez is also head of the independent publishing house Sportula.