Nick Padron was born in Cuba and grew up in New York City. He shares his time between Madrid, Spain, and Miami, Florida. He studied writing and literature at New York University. As a musician and composer, he played with various rock bands and recorded as a solo artist for RCA Records. He produced his own recordings as well as that of other artists in the U.S. and abroad. He is the creator of Diablero, a rock opera based on Carlos Castaneda’s books, produced by legendary rock entrepreneur Bill Graham. His television work includes comedy sketches, interviews (with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Quentin Tarantino, and others). He performed in several top TV shows in Spain (with Javier Barden, Pedro Almodovar…) He was part of the cast of the highly acclaimed, award-winning Europe’s Tele-5 series Esta Noche Cruzamos El Mississippi (1995-1998) His short stories have appeared in numerous publications, collections, and anthologies in the United States, Canada, Spain, and Japan. His novella, It Tolls For Thee, was rated number one at Zoetrope All-Story series. His Running Wild winning novelette, Sylvia’s Island, was published by RW Press. He is the author of the short fiction collection Souls in Exile. His novels are Gabriel Hemingway’s The Cuban Scar, The Exhumation, and Where Labyrinths End, an Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award semifinalist.st.