Under the Water

Paul Pen is a bestselling Spanish author whose four novels have been translated to English, German, Italian, Russian, and Turkish. His book The Light of the Fireflies has sold more than one hundred thousand copies worldwide, and his debut novel The Warning, which is soon to be published in English for the first time, was adapted to the big screen in 2018. Motion pictures of The Light of the Fireflies and Desert Flowers are also in development, the latter scripted by Pen himself. In his capacity as scriptwriter, Pen is working on a forthcoming Netflix series. The author returns in fall 2019 with the international release of his new novel Under the Water, bringing his unmistakable brand of literary suspense to readers around the globe.

Simon Bruni is a literary translator from Spanish, a language he acquired through "total immersion" living in Alicante, Valencia, and Santander. He studied Spanish and Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London and Literary Translation at the University of Exeter.

Simon's many published translations include novels, short stories, videogames and nonfiction publications, and he is the winner of three John Dryden awards: in 2017 and 2015 for Paul Pen's short stories "Cinnamon" and "The Porcelain Boy," and in 2011 for Francisco Perez Gandul's novel Cell 211. His translation of Paul Pen's novel The Light of the Fireflies has sold over one hundred thousand copies worldwide.

For more information, please visit www.simonbruni.com.