Edgar Cantero

Edgar Cantero (born 27 May 1981 in Barcelona) is a Spanish writer and cartoonist working in Catalan, Spanish, and English. He is best known in Catalonia for his 2017 award-winning debut novel Dormir amb Winona Ryder,[1][2] as well as his detective novel series starring "el Cegador de Verri."[3] Abroad, he is better known for the New York Times best-selling horror-comedy novel Meddling Kids (2017).[4]

Cantero was born in Barcelona in 1981. At 18 he started entering writing competitions in Catalan, winning numerous awards for his short stories and novellas.[5] His debut novel, Dormir amb Winona Ryder (2007) won the Ciutat de Badalona and the Joan Crexells awards.[6][7] That year he also began contributing to the satirical magazine El Jueves as a writer and cartoonist.[8]

After a second novel in Catalan, Vallvi (after the neighborhood of Vallvidrera in Barcelona),[9] Cantero tried his luck in English. In the following years he released three novels with American publisher Doubleday.[10] Despite his novel Meddling Kids becoming a best-seller, his work in English remains largely unknown in his country.[8] Since 2019 he lives in Los Angeles.[8]

Cantero also works as a translator for the Spanish-language webcomic Rich Girl From Barcelona, written and drawn by Guille Martínez-Vela. Cantero was chosen due to his long friendship and working relationship with Martínez-Vela, which the author states results in a superior translation of his humor and intent.[11]

In 2024 he returned to his native language with his sixth novel, Ràdio Free Camaco.[8][12][13] It was the first entry in a detective series starring "el Cegador de Verri" (lit. "the Blinder from Verri"), a homeless ex-convict reluctantly turned sleuth.[14][15] A second entry, Gangsta Major, followed in 2025.[3][16]

• Dormir amb Winona Ryder ("Sleeping with Winona Ryder" – 2007)[9]
• Vallvi (2011)
• Ràdio Free Camaco (2024)
• Gangsta Major (2025)

• The Supernatural Enhancements (2014)[17]
• Meddling Kids (2017)[18]
• This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us (2018)[19]

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

• "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]
• "20/XX" (2006)
• "Tres nadons" (2007)
• "Un cadàver bonic" (2013)

• "There's a Giant Trapdoor Spider Under Your Bed" (2018)[21]
• "The Meddler" (2018), a spin-off set in the aftermath of Meddling Kids.[22][23]
• "Goin' Down" (2022)

• Rich Girl From Barcelona (Spanish: Niña pija, lit. 'Posh girl'), webcomic, translator for author/artist Guille Martínez-Vela[11]

• Official page on Blogger