Teresa Solana i Mir (born 15 May 1962 in

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Catalan publisher's author bio. Retrieved on 2017-06-30. Her work has been translated to English, French, German, Esperanto, Italian and Spanish. Teresa Solana started her professional career as a translator, mainly from French and English. She was the director of the translation center in Tarassona between 1998 and 2004. She also wrote various articles and essays on translation. In 2006 she published her first novel, ''Un crim imperfecte'', for which she received the ''Premi Brigada 21'' prize. This is the first story in which there appear the twin investigators Eduard and Borja Masdéu. Afterwards she published ''Drecera al paradís'' with the same protagonists. In 2010 she published her first, and up to now only, short story collection, ''Set casos de sang i fetge i una història d'amor''. In 2013 she participated in the

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with the story 'Natura quasi morta 41'. She also published the novel ''Negres tempestes'' in which for the first time stars the investigator Norma Forester and with which she won the 3rd ''Premi Crims de Tinta'' prize. In 2011 she published ''L'hora del zen'', another story with Eduard and Borja as protagonists. In early 2014 there appeared her seventh novel, ''La casa de les papallones'', protagonized by Norma Forester. ''Campanes de boda'' (2016) includes the twin investigators again. ''Matèria grisa'', also a crime novel, won the 19th ''Premi Roc Boronat'' prize.

Bibliography

* "Un crim imperfecte", 2006. * "Drecera al paradís", 2007. * "Set casos de sang i fetge i una història d'amor", 2010. * "Negres tempestes", 2010. * "L'hora zen", 2011. * "La casa de les papallones", 2014. * "Campanades de boda", 2016. * "Matèria grisa", 2017. * "Octubre", 2019

Translated into English

* ''A Not So Perfect Crime'', 2008. London: Bitter Lemon Press. Translated by Peter Bush. * ''A Shortcut to Paradise'', 2011. London: Bitter Lemon Press. Translated by Peter Bush. * ''The Sound of One Hand Killing'', 2013. London: Bitter Lemon Press. Translated by Peter Bush. * ''Crazy Tales of Blood and Guts'', 2013. London: Bitter Lemon Press. Translated by Peter Bush. * ''The First Prehistoric Serial Killer'', 2018. London: Bitter Lemon Press. Translated by Peter Bush.

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