João Carlos Marinho

Who is João Carlos Marinho?

João Carlos Marinho Silva is a Brazilian writer and former lawyer. He is the author, among others, the book O Gênio do Crime, his first novel published in 1969 His work, mainly juvenile thrillers, is considered a landmark in the renewal of the Brazilian children's literature in the 1970s. He wrote 16 books, 12 of them dedicated to the adventures of the Turma do Gordo.

He spent his childhood and adolescence in Santos and São Paulo, before going to study at the Ecole Nouvelle de la Suisse Romande in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he remained until 20 years of age. He graduated in Law from USP and was a lawyer in Guarulhos for nearly 30 years. After retiring as a lawyer, he moved to the neighborhood of Pinheiros, in São Paulo, the scene of many of his narratives.