About the Author

Fernando Perez Valdez is a full time writer with special focus on historical novels based on the lives of Spanish missionaries who lived during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He is the author of Morir en Japón, To Die in Japan, Espinas/Thorns, and Siempre Alelante/Always Forward. Fernando Valdez currently lives in Corregidora, Querétaro, Mexico and is a member of the Historical Novel Society.