Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza

Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza (16 September 1936 – April 16, 2020) was a Brazilian professor and novelist, born in Rio de Janeiro. As an academic he wrote philosophy and psychology textbooks, and taught at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where he founded the first postdoctorate in psychoanalytic theory in Brazil.

After retiring from academia he became known as a novelist and shared the Prêmio Jabuti for Literature in 1997. He is known for his Detective fiction, in particular his Inspector Espinosa Mystery series. He had little knowledge of crime or police-work before he began writing. Some of his works have been translated into English.

Garcia-Roza died on April 16, 2020, in Rio de Janeiro.

Works in English Inspector Espinosa mysteries The Silence of the Rain (2003) [Original: O silêncio da chuva, 1996] December Heat (2004) [Original: Achados e perdidos, 1998] Southwesterly Wind (2004) [Original: Vento sudoeste, 1999] A Window in Copacabana (2006) [Original: Uma Janela em Copacabana, 2001] Pursuit (2006) [Original: Perseguido, 2003] Blackout (2009) [Original: Espinosa Sem Saida, 2006] Alone in the Crowd (2010) [Original: Na Multidão, 2007]

Other books in Series Céu de Origamis (2009) [Portuguese] Freud e o Inconsciente (2009) [Portuguese] L'Etrange Cas du Dr Nesse (2010) [French] Fantasma (2012) [Portuguese] Nuit d’orage à Copacabana (2015) [French]