Raphael Montes de Carvalho (born September 22, 1990) is a Brazilian crime novelist, and screenwriter. He was twice shortlisted for the Jabuti Award, winning once.
Career Montes was born in Rio de Janeiro on 22 September 1990. He studied at Colégio de São Bento, where he attended middle-school and high-school. He then studied law at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, graduating in 2012.
He debuted in literature in 2009, publishing in the police anthology Assassinos S / A: Brazilian police tales (Editora Multifoco), by the editor Frodo Oliveira and organizer Jana Lauxen. His first tale to win the pages of a book was "The Teacher" in volume 1 of the anthology. He also published in the anthology Beco do Crime (Frodo Oliveira and André Esteves) also in 2009, by the same Editora Multifoco.
In 2010, Montes participated in a contest from Brazilian publishing house Benvirá/Saraiva, in which his novel Suicidas was awarded second place. Saraiva published the novel under their label Benvirá in 2012. The gruesome themes present in the story and Montes’ young age earned him widespread notoriety in Brazil.
In 2014, Montes published his second novel, Dias Perfeitos (Perfect Days), and as of February 2016, the novel has been released in 14 countries. Both, first and second books, had the rights sold to film adaptations.
The Village, his third book, is a fix-up horror novel throughout comics draws short stories of macabre characters are told.
The author's fourth book, Jantar Secreto (Secret Dinner), has divided opinions in 2016 when it was discovered that cannibalism was the main theme but both sides confirmed that it was the best book written by Montes.
Works
Books TitleYearTypeNotesSuicidas2012NovelWon the Benvirá Awards and the Machado de Assis AwardsDias Perfeitos (Perfect Days)2014NovelO Vilarejo2015Short story collectionBom Dia, Verônica2016NovelWith Ilana CasoyJantar Secreto2016NovelWon Jabuti AwardsUma Mulher no Escuro2019NovelA Mágica Mortal2023Young-adult NovelUma Família Feliz2024NovelNominated - Jabuti Awards A Estranha na Cama2026Novel
Television +TitleYearCreditNotesEspinoza2015WriterA Regra do Jogo2015-2016Supermax2016Good Morning, Verônica2020-2024ShowrunnerAlso book authorIt's All Right!2023WriterScars of Beauty2025ShowrunnerPerfect Days2025WriterAlso book author
Film +TitleYearCreditNotesPraça Paris2018WriterA Menina que Matou os Pais2021O Menino que Matou Meus Pais2021A Menina Que Matou os Pais: A Confissão2023Uma Família Feliz2024Also book authorElize: Shadows of a Woman2026
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