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 award-winning debut Dormir amb Winona Ryder,^[1][2] and abroad for the New York Times best-selling horror-comedy novel Meddling Kids (2017).^[3]

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.^[4] His debut novel, Dormir amb Winona Ryder (2007) won the Ciutat de Badalona and the Joan Crexells awards.^[5][6] In that year he also began contributing to the satirical magazine El Jueves as a writer and cartoonist.^[7]

After a second novel in Catalan, Vallvi (after the neighborhood of Vallvidrera in Barcelona),^[8] Cantero tried his luck in English. In the following years he released three novels with American publisher Doubleday.^[9] Despite his novel Meddling Kids becoming a best-seller, his work in English remains largely unknown in his country.^[7] Since 2019 he lives in Los Angeles.^[7]

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.^[10]

In 2024 he returned to his native language with his sixth novel, Ràdio Free Camaco.^[7][11][12]

• Dormir amb Winona Ryder ("Sleeping with Winona Ryder" – 2007)^[8]
• Vallvi (2011)
• Ràdio Free Camaco (2024)

• The Supernatural Enhancements (2014)^[13]
• Meddling Kids (2017)^[14]
• This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us (2018)^[15]

• 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.^[16]
• "20/XX" (2006)
• "Tres nadons" (2007)
• "Un cadàver bonic" (2013)

• "There's a Giant Trapdoor Spider Under Your Bed" (2018)^[17]
• "The Meddler" (2018), a spin-off set in the aftermath of Meddling Kids.^[18][19]

• Rich Girl From Barcelona (Spanish: Niña pija, lit. 'Posh girl'), webcomic, translator for author/artist Guille Martínez-Vela^[10]

• Official page on Blogger