Antonio Hill

Antonio Hill is one of the popular authors from Spain. He has written many successful novels in his writing career. The debut book of his career was translated into English and titled as The Summer of Dead Toys. It received a grand success and was reviewed excellently by many prominent reviewers and critics. Author Hill was born in the year 1966 in Barcelona, Spain. He went on to earn his bachelor’s degree in the subject of psychology. After his graduation, author Hill worked for more than 10 years for the Random House Mandadori, S.A., as a literary translator. This publishing house is one of the leading publishers of books and novels in the Spanish language and author Hill is still associated with it. Some of the most prominent novelists whose novels author Hill has translated include Jonathan Safran Foer, Peter May, A.L. Kennedy, David Sedaris, Rabih Alameddine, Glenway Wescott, and Rosie Alison. His job as a translator proved to be of great help for him to write his debut novel as he was exposed to a number of stories and various writing techniques. Author Hill says that he has been a great supporter of thriller stories all through his life. In fact, he has been reading the books written by Agatha Christie since his childhood days. Author Hill wrote his first book in the form of a detective novel. It was released in the year 2011. The translation rights of the book were purchased in France, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Greece, Finland, and Italy.