Spain's mystery female crime author Carmen Mola turns out to be three men

literary world in Spain has been thrown into disarray after a prestigious book prize was presented to Carmen Mola, a well-kwn female thriller author who turned out to be a pen name for three men. On Friday, October 15, at Planeta awards, television scriptwriters Agustin Martnez, Jorge Diaz, and Antonio Mercero startled attendees, including Spain's King Felipe and Queen Letizia, by taking to st to accept prize money and disclosed famed crime author did t exist, reported CNN. writer, who has been compared to Italy's rewned velist Elena Ferrante, is characterised as a "Mrid-born author" writing under a pseudonym in order to remain anymous on Mola's nt website. Mola's website description also includes a sequence of ims of an unnamed woman gazing away from camera. 

In previous interviews with Spanish media, Martnez, Diaz, and Mercero h described Mola as a female university professor who lived in Mrid with her husband and children. Mola's vels mainly revolve around character of detective Elena Blanco, whom publisher Penguin Random House describes as a "peculiar and lonely woman" who enjoys "grappa, karaoke, collectors' cars, and sex in SUVs," reported outlet. book that received Planeta prize, however, did t contain a narrative about Blanco. It's called Beast, a historical thriller set during a cholera outbreak in 1834 that follows a serial killer who is pursued by a journalist, a police officer, and a young woman. 

revelation stunned many literary figures

Mola vels are recognised for being gory and explicit, and contrast between Mola's alleged life as a married university professor and violent nature of books has been used as a marketing strategy in past. It should be mentioned here that real identification of three writers stunned many fellow literary figures and it did t go well with many. Beatriz Gime, a writer and feminist who used to be director of Women's Institute, a significant national equality organisation in Spain, slammed Martinez, Daiz, and Mercero. "Beyond use of a female pseudonym, se guys have spent years doing interviews. It is t only name, it is but also fake persona y created to entice reers and journalists. Scammers," re English translation of her tweet in Spanish. 

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