Mario Escobar
Mario Escobar Golderos holds a degree in History and a Diploma in Advanced Studies in Modern History. He has written numerous books and articles on the Inquisition, the Protestant Reformation, and religious sects. He is a professor at Spain’s distance-learning university, UNED, and a contributing columnist for various publications. Passionate about history and its mysteries, Escobar has delved into the depths of Church history, the different sectarian groups that have struggled within it, and the discovery and colonization of the Americas. He specializes in the lives of unorthodox Spanish and American figures.
A novelist, essayist, and lecturer, he has written extensively on the Inquisition, the Protestant Reformation, and religious sects.
He regularly publishes in the magazines Más Allá and National Geographic Historia.
Driven by his passion for history and its enigmas, he has carried out in-depth studies of Church history, the various sectarian movements that have emerged within it, and the discovery and colonization of the Americas, specializing in the lives of heterodox Spanish and American figures.
His first work, Conspiración Maine (2006), was a success, followed by El Mesías Ario (2007), El secreto de los Assassini (2008), and La profecía de Aztlán (2009), all part of the saga starring Hércules Guzmán Fox, George Lincoln, and Alicia Mantorella.
His book Francis: The First Latin American Pope has been translated into 12 languages, including Chinese, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, and Danish.
Red Sun over Hiroshima (2009) and The Land of Tears (2010) are among his most intimate works. He has also published essays such as Martin Luther King (2006), History of Freemasonry in the United States (2009), The Twelve Legacies of Steve Jobs (2012), the biography Francis: The First Latin American Pope (2013), The Ione Saga (2013), the Apocalypse Series (2012), the Mission Verne Saga (2013), The Circle (2014), Welcome to Clayton Lake (2015), The Time Machine (2015), and Lullaby of Auschwitz (2016).
