"I wrote El asesinato de Sócrates so readers could have the same kind of experience that I do when I write a novel: entertainment that also teaches me something. I chose ancient Greece since it’s the most fascinating age in history, and Socrates because he is not only a master philosopher from a moral and intellectual point of view, but he also represents a watershed in the history of thought, hence humanity. There’s a before-Socrates, and an after-Socrates." [Marcos Chicot]

Marcos Chicot (Madrid, 1971) is married with two children and holds degrees in clinical psychology and the psychology of work as well as economics. He wrote his first short story, Oscar, in 1997, followed by the novel Diario de Gordon a year later (winner of the Francisco Umbral Prize). When his first child, Lucía, was born in 2009 with Down’s Syndrome, Chicot decided to give up his job as a psychologist and economist to devote himself to his family and writing full-time. A radical career change that led to his self-publishing Killing Pythagoras (2015 Mediterranean Culture Prize), a surprise hit in both its digital and printed versions. Chicot stuck with the historical novel formula for his next book Il teorema delle menti and El asesinato de Sócrates, shortlisted for the Planeta Prize. The three novels have been translated into various languages and published in Italy by Salani.