Edgar Cantero (born 27 May 1981 in

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) is a Spanish writer and cartoonist working in

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and

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. He is known for his books ''Dormir amb Winona Ryder'', which won the 2007 Joan Crexells Award and the

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novel ''

Meddling Kids ''Meddling Kids'' is a 2017 horror- comedy novel by Catalan author Edgar Cantero, published by Doubleday and Blumhouse Books. It deals with a former gang of children detectives, in the vein of Enid Blyton's Famous Five or '' Scooby-Doo'' who ...

'' (2017), which became a ''New York Times'' best-seller.

Bibliography

Novels

Catalan

*''Dormir amb Winona Ryder'' ("Sleeping with

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" – 2007) *''Vallvi'' (2011)

English

*''

The Supernatural Enhancements ''The Supernatural Enhancements'' is a 2014 horror / mystery novel and the English language literary debut of Spanish cartoonist and author Edgar Cantero. The work was released on August 12, 2014 through Doubleday; the author also co-translated ...

'' (English, 2014) *''

'' (English, 2017) *''This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us'' (English, 2018)

Novellas

Catalan

*''Baileys n'coke'' (2008) *''Dies delenda'' (2008)

Short stories

Catalan

* "El nexe entre el sexe i el plexe venós dorsal" (2005) * "L'urinari d'Hesíode" (2005). English translation, "Aesop's Urinal", published in '' Best European Fiction 2016'', 2015. * "20/XX" (2006) * "Tres nadons" (2007) * "Un cadàver bonic" (2013)

English

* "There's a Giant Trapdoor Spider Under Your Bed" (2018) * "The Meddler" (2018), a

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set in the aftermath of ''Meddling Kids''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cantero, Edgar Living people 1981 births Catalan-language writers Spanish cartoonists Writers from Catalonia Writers from Barcelona Spanish male novelists 21st-century Spanish novelists 21st-century Spanish male writers