Matthew Carr is a writer, journalist and the author of several critically acclaimed works of fiction and non fiction, which cover a variety of different genres from memoir and reportage to historical crime ficiton. A lifelong Hispanophile, his books are often concerned with Spanish or Latin American history. He writes a weekly Substack newsletter at: mattcarr.substack.com. He co-hosts the podcast ‘Grim Up North’: a podcast from the North, about the North. He lives in Sheffield with his wife and two cats.