Matilde Asensi Carratalá (born 1962) is a Spanish journalist and writer, specialised mainly in historical novels. Biography Asensi was born at Alicante. She studied journalism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and she later worked for three years in the service of news of Radio Alicante-SER and Radio Nacional de España (RNE, Spanish National Radio) as the person in charge of local and provincial news. She was also correspondent for Agencia EFE and provincial contributor in the newspapers La Verdad and Información. Works "Martín Ojo de Plata" trilogy: 2007: Tierra firme 2010: Venganza en Sevilla 2012: La conjura de Cortés 2013: Martin ojo de plata (compilation) Cato series: 2001: El último Catón (translated into English, 2006, as "The Last Cato" by Pamela Carmell) 2015: El Regreso del Catón Other works: 1999: El salón de ámbar 2000: Iacobus 2003: El origen perdido 2004: Peregrinatio 2006: Todo bajo el cielo 2019: Sakura (La Esfera de los Libros, 2019) References External links Official website 1962 births Living people People from Alicante Writers from the Valencian Community 20th-century Spanish novelists 21st-century Spanish novelists Spanish historical novelists Autonomous University of Barcelona alumni Spanish women novelists Spanish women journalists 20th-century Spanish women writers 21st-century Spanish women writers Women historical novelists 20th-century Spanish journalists 21st-century Spanish journalists