Biography
João Morgado was born in 1965 in Covilhã, Portugal. He is currently a doctoral student in Communication at the University of Beira Interior and holds a Master’s Degree in European Studies from the University of Salamanca, Spain. His first historical novel is Vera Cruz (2015), which tells the story of Pedro Álvares Cabral’s life and presents an original thesis on the discovery of Brazil. The theme of the Portuguese discoveries continues in his second book, Índias (2016), a biographical novel about Vasco da Gama, his successes and the controversy of his actions. He is the recipient of several literary prizes. A guest of The Script Road back in 2017, he has just published Contos de Macau (Macau’s Short Stories)