He is now a frequent contributor to the Op‐Ed page and the Literary Supplement of the Spanish newspaper El País.

Among his novels, special mention should be given to EL RÍO DE LA LUNA (winner of the premio nacional de la critica in 1981 ), a semi‐autobiographical portrait of the generation who witnessed the radical social, political and cultural changes undertaken by Spain during the seventies, as well as to the highly praised LA TIERRA PROMETIDA (winner of the Premio Plaza y Janes de Novela in 1991). He later shifted his literary focus with the Judge Mariana de Marco detective series, including NO ACOSEN AL ASESINO (2001), LA MUERTE VIENE DE LEJOS (2004), EL CADÁVER ARREPENTIDO (2007), UN ASESINATO PIADOSO (2009) and EL HERMANO PEQUEÑO (2011)

Official website: www.jmguelbenzu.com