João Carlos Marinho

João Carlos Marinho Homem de Mello (25 September 1935 – 17 March 2019) was a Brazilian writer and former lawyer. He was best known by the pen names João Carlos Marinho and João Carlos Marinho Silva. He authored, among other books, ''O Gênio do Crime'', his first novel published in 1969. His work, mainly juvenile thrillers, is considered a landmark in the renewal of the Brazilian children's literature in the 1970s. He wrote 18 titles, 13 of them dedicated to the adventures of the Turma do Gordo. Provided by Wikipedia