José Eduardo Agualusa [Alves da Cunha], born in 1960, spends most of his time in Portugal, Angola and Brazil, working as a writer and journalist. His books have been translated into 25 languages.

So far five of his books have been translated to English: « Creole » (2002, Arcadia. Orig.: « Nação crioula »), « The Book of Chameleons » (2006, Arcadia, UK; 2008, Simon & Schuster, USA.