Luis Gutierrez Maluenda

After spending much of his life as a computer executive, Gutierrez Maluenda decided instead to write noir fiction. His first novel, Putas, Diamantes y Cante Jondo (Whores, Diamonds and Gypsy Music), was a finalist for the 2005 Best First Novel Prize awarded by the Asociación de Novela Negra y Policíaca Brigada 21. Other novels include: 806 Solo para adultos (806 Adults Only), finalist for the Yoescribo.com Prize, Música para los muertos (Music for the Dead, 2007) and Una Anciana Obesa Tranquila (A Fat, Calm Old Lady, 2009). His short story Harlem is featured in the anthology La Lista Negra (The Black List), a collection of the best Spanish crime fiction. His lecture on the importance of jazz and blues in noir fiction is included in the book Geografías en Negro (Noir Geography).