Raphael Draccon

Raphael Draccon
Born Raphael Albuquerque
(1981-06-15) June 15, 1981
Rio de Janeiro
Nationality  Brazilian
Occupation Writer and screenwriter
Known for Dragons of Ether trilogy, Silver Cords – Rebuilding Sandman, Spirits of Ice and Cemeteries of Dragons.

Raphael Draccon (born Raphael Albuquerque) is a Brazilian writer and screenwriter awarded by the American Screenwriters Association.[1] He is considered one of the ten most influential and bestselling writers of the current literary market in Brazil reaching number one book at Amazon best-seller list and Submarino.[2] Aside from having already signed with three of the largest publishers in the country, Draccon was an editor and had his own imprint at Leya called Fantasy – Casa da Palavra.[3]

He wrote the bestselling trilogy Dragões de Éter (Dragons of Ether)[4] in which he retells fairy tales in a more "pop" version. He published the dark fantasy book Espíritos de Gelo (Spirits of Ice) in Brazil and Portugal (at Gailivro[5] – Dom Quixote publisher) and launched the Fios de Prata – Reconstruindo Sandman[6] (Silver Cords – Rebuilding Sandman) which appeared in a major soap opera.[7] The author recommended George R. R. Martin to his publisher before the HBO serie. In 2012 went on tour with the American writer Alyson Noël[8] in Brazil. In 2013 got the 4th place in the best-seller list of Mexico (Random House Mondadori)[9] and Paulo Coelho quoted his name in Frankfurt.[10] He signed a trilogy with Rocco[11] where he already published Cemitérios de Dragões (Cemeteries of Dragons)[12] reaching the best-seller list and was the second best-seller book of Rocco in the SP Book Fair.[13] He sold a nerdy comedy script for Dama Filmes,[14] owned by Carol Kotscho that is their next movie. After that got signed with Rede Globo and was invited to write their next TV Series [15] Supermax.[16]

Draccon lives in Los Angeles[17] with his wife Carolina Munhóz – writer of O Reino das Vozes Que Não Se Calam.

Published works

References

  1. ↑ Thiago Romariz (August 8, 2014). "Cemitérios de Dragões - Raphael Draccon fala sobre seu novo livro e projetos futuros". Omelete. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ "ISTOÉ Independente - Cultura". Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Fantasy Casa da Palavra - John Carter". Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  4. ↑ Agﾃｪncia Duque de cartoon. "Dragões de Éter". Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Colecção Mitos Urbanos (terror e fantástico) da Gailivro nasce numa sexta-feira 13". Porta-Livros. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Fios de Prata - Reconstruindo Sandman". Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Amor à Vida - Leila tenta convencer Thales a aplicar golpe em Natasha - Globo Play". GloboPlay. November 19, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  8. ↑ Bru Fernández. "Tour Soul Seekers – Alyson Noël". Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  9. ↑ Megustaleer. "- Megustaleer". Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Coelho Cancels Frankfurt Appearance in Protest of Brazil Gov't - Publishing Perspectives". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Blogs - Notícias, moda, cinema, humor, futebol e muito mais - O Globo". Blogs - O Globo. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  12. ↑ http://www.rocco.com.br/index.php/exclusivo-capa-de-cemiterios-de-dragoes/
  13. ↑ "Raphael Draccon - - - Palestrantes - Bienal Internacional do Livro São Paulo". Bienal do Livro SP. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  14. ↑ http://omelete.uol.com.br/quadrinhos/noticia/cemiterios-de-dragoes-raphael-draccon-fala-sobre-seu-novo-livro-e-projetos-futuros/
  15. ↑ http://natelinha.uol.com.br/noticias/2015/06/13/proxima-serie-da-globo-conta-com-roteiristas-vindos-do-cinema-saiba-mais-89802.php
  16. ↑ http://entretenimento.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2015/08/18/carolina-munhoz-e-raphael-draccon-conheca-o-casal-da-literatura-fantastica.htm
  17. ↑ http://www.raphaeldraccon.com/blog/?p=5719
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