Raphael Draccon

Raphael Draccon (born Raphael Albuquerque) is a Brazilian writer and screenwriter awarded by the American Screenwriters Association. He is considered one of the ten most influential and bestselling writers of the current literary market in Brazil reaching number one book at Amazon best-seller list and Submarino. Aside from having already signed with three of the largest publishers in the country, Draccon was an editor and had his own imprint at Leya called Fantasy – Casa da Palavra.
He wrote the bestselling trilogy Dragões de Éter (Dragons of Ether) in which he retells fairy tales in a more "pop" version. He published the dark fantasy book Espíritos de Gelo (Spirits of Ice) in Brazil and Portugal (at Gailivro – Dom Quixote publisher) and launched the Fios de Prata – Reconstruindo Sandman (Silver Cords – Rebuilding Sandman) which appeared in a major soap opera. The author recommended George R. R. Martin to his publisher before the HBO serie. In 2012 went on tour with the American writer Alyson Noël in Brazil. In 2013 got the 4th place in the best-seller list of Mexico (Random House Mondadori) and Paulo Coelho quoted his name in Frankfurt. He signed a trilogy with Rocco where he already published Cemitérios de Dragões (Cemeteries of Dragons) reaching the best-seller list and was the second best-seller book of Rocco in the SP Book Fair. He sold a nerdy comedy script for Dama Filmes, owned by Carol Kotscho that is their next movie. After that got signed with Rede Globo and was invited to write their next TV Series Supermax.
Draccon lives in Los Angeles with his wife Carolina Munhóz – writer of O Reino das Vozes Que Não Se Calam.

Published works

• Dragons of Ether - WitchHunter (2007) – Brazil (Leya), Portugal (Dom Quixote) and Mexico (Random House Mondadori).
• Dragons of Ether - SnowHearts (2009) – Brazil (Leya), Portugal (Dom Quixote) and Mexico (Random House Mondadori).
• Dragons of Ether - RainCircles (2010) – Brazil (Leya), Portugal (Dom Quixote) and Mexico (Random House Mondadori).
• Silver Cords - Rebuilding Sandman (2012) – Brazil (Leya)
• Cemeteries of Dragons - Ranger Legacy I (2014) – Brazil (Rocco)

Links

• The Bookseller – http://www.thebookseller.com/news/coelho-attacks-brazils-frankfurt-presence
• Publishing Perspectives – http://publishingperspectives.com/2013/10/coelho-cancels-frankfurt-appearance-in-protest-of-brazil-govt/
• Reforma – https://udual.wordpress.com/2013/09/11/crea-draccon-pais-de-hadas/
• El Diario de NY – http://www.eldiariony.com/beneficios-lectura-sentirte-bien