Carlos Ruiz Zafón was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1964. The close proximity of his parents’ house to Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia cathedral and the years he spent at the Gothic Jesuit school of Sarría made a lasting impression on the child’s imagination. Even as a 10 year-old, he wrote Gothic tales which kept his schoolmates up all night – a talent which would later help him to achieve great success. After his student days, he worked in advertising for a few years, which he finally gav... המשך לקרוא