Agustín Martínez (born 1975) is a Spanish noir fiction novelist and screenwriter. He was awarded the 2021 Premio Planeta for La Bestia, written alongside Antonio Mercero and Jorge Díaz under the pen name Carmen Mola.
Biography edit
Born in 1975 in Lorca, Murcia, he studied Image and Sound at the Complutense University of Madrid.[1] Initially dedicated to advertising, he began to write television series screenplays afterwards.[2] His first novel, Monteperdido, was published in 2015.[3][2] It was followed by La mala hierba (2017).[2][3] Both were published by Plaza & Janés,[4] linked to Penguin Random House.[3]
Alongside Antonio Mercero and Jorge Díaz, he was one of the three authors closeted behind the Carmen Mola pen name, known for a grim noir novel trilogy published by Penguin Random House's Alfaguara which stars "atypical" inspector Elena Blanco: La novia gitana (2018), La red púrpura (2019) and La nena (2020).[5]
The trio wrote another novel (La bestia) as Carmen Mola, which was in turn presented as an unpublished work to the jury of the 2021 Premio Planeta under the title Ciudad de fuego and the pen name 'Sergio López'.[6] As they won the award, the trio disclosed the identity behind 'Carmen Mola'.[7] The circumstance of three males disguising under a female pen name and creating a fake female persona ("a female university lecturer")[8] to market the Elena Blanco books did not avoid public scrutiny and controversy.[7][9] They claimed they were "tired of lying".[10]
Works edit
- Television
- Sin tetas no hay paraíso (writer)[11]
- La chica de ayer (writer)[11]
- Crematorio (writer)[11]
- El don de Alba (writer)[11]
- Víctor Ros (writer)[11]
- Acacias 38 (writer)[2]
- La caza. Monteperdido (co-creator and executive producer)
- La caza. Tramuntana (creator)
- Feria: The Darkest Light (co-creator and executive producer)
- Novels
- Pseudonymous works alongside Antonio Mercero and Jorge Díaz
- Mola, Carmen (2018). La novia gitana. Alfaguara.[8]
- Mola, Carmen (2019). La red púrpura. Alfaguara.[8]
- Mola, Carmen (2020). La nena. Alfaguara.[8]
- Mola, Carmen (2021). La bestia.
References edit
- ^ Perals, Fernando (16 October 2021). "De un 'Monteperdido' al Premio Planeta: la carrera de Agustín Martínez". La Verdad.
- ^ a b c d Fernández, Víctor (16 October 2021). "Agustín Martínez, el publicista que se dedicó a escribir guiones". La Razón.
- ^ a b c Geli, Carles (15 October 2021). "El millonario premio Planeta desvela la identidad de la superventas Carmen Mola". El País.
- ^ a b c Martínez, Rosa (27 May 2017). "Agustín Martínez: «No esperaba saltar fronteras»".
- ^ Lorenci, Miguel (17 October 2021). "La triple y planetaria salida del armario de Carmen Mola". Las Provincias.
- ^ Vázquez, Carlos H. (16 October 2021). "La novela del millón de euros". Voz Pópuli.
- ^ a b Graham-Harrison, Emma; Jones, Sam (16 October 2021). "Female Spanish thriller writer Carmen Mola revealed to be three men". The Guardian.
- ^ a b c d Ventura, Daniel (15 October 2021). "Quién es Carmen Mola". HuffPost.
- ^ "Una librería especializada en escritoras retira los ejemplares de Carmen Mola tras desvelarse sus autores". HuffPost. 16 October 2021.
- ^ Blanco, Leticia (17 October 2021). "Los escritores detrás de Carmen Mola: "Estábamos hartos de mentir"". El Mundo.
- ^ a b c d e González, Andrés; Hevia, Helena (16 October 2021). "El lorquino Agustín Martínez, entre el trío ganador del Premio Planeta por 'La bestia'". La Opinión de Murcia.