David Machado was born in Lisbon in 1978. He is the author of the novel O Fabuloso Teatro do Gigante and the short stories book Histórias Possíveis. In 2005, his children's tale A Noite dos Animais Inventados was given the Branquinho da Fonseca Award by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the newspaper Expresso, and has since published three other short stories books for children, Os Quatro Comandantes da Cama Voadora, Um Homem Verde num Buraco Muito Fundo e O Tubarão na Banheira, given the 2010 SPA/RTP Author Award for Best Children's Book. His books have been published in Italy and Morocco, and his short stories are part of anthologies and literary magazines in Italy, Germany, Norway, the United Kingdom, Iceland, and Morocco. He translated the books O Herói das Mulheres, by Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Obrigada pelo Lume, by Mario Benedetti.

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