William Spindler
William Spindler
William Spindleris a Guatemalan writer and journalist, whose works include fiction, poetry, and journalism in English and Spanish. He is the author of a novel Paises lejanos, and a book of short stories, "Expediciones", published in Bogota, Colombia in 2004. He was educated at the Liceo Guatemala school where he obtained a Bachillerato en Ciencias y Letrasin September 1980. He completed his further education in London, UK after his family moved there in 1981. In 1988 he graduated from the...
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