Dark Days (Apocalypse Z) (33 page)

Of course, Emilia Lope, at Random House Mondadori, not only for her caring, patience, and understanding, but also for believing in this project and supporting it. Emilia: You’re fantastic and without you this would not have been possible.

And the hundreds of thousands of readers on the Internet who always conveyed their warm support and encouragement and who watched this story grow, step by step, from a blog to a short story published in an obscure Internet website into a series of books. Reader: You now have the second volume in your hands. This book, like the previous one, is as much yours as mine.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Photo © Pablo Manuel Otero, 2012

An international bestselling author, Manel Loureiro was born in Pontevedra, Spain, and studied law at Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. After graduation, he worked in television, both on-screen (appearing on Television de Galicia) and behind the scenes as a writer.
Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End
, his first novel, began as a popular blog before its publication, eventually becoming a best seller in several countries, including Spain, Italy, Brazil, and the United States. Called “the Spanish Stephen King” by
La Voz de Galicia
, Manel has written three novels in the Apocalypse Z series. He currently resides in Pontevedra, Spain, where, in addition to writing, he is still a practicing lawyer.

ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR

Pamela Carmell received a Translation Award from the National Endowment for the Arts to translate
Oppiano Licario
by José Lezama Lima. Her publications include Matilde Asensi’s
The Last Cato
(HarperCollins), Belkis Cuza Malé’s
Woman on the Front Lines
(sponsored by the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry), Antonio Larreta’s
The Last Portrait of the Duchess of Alba
(a Book-of-the-Month Club selection), and the short-story collection,
Cuba on the Edge
. Her translations of poetry by Nancy Morejón is forthcoming from Cubanabooks. She is also published widely in literary magazines and anthologies.