J. J. Benítez

J. J. Benítez

Benítez in 2011
Born Juan José Benítez
(1946-09-07) September 7, 1946
Pamplona, Spain
Occupation Novelist
Nationality Spanish
Period 1975 - present
Genre Science fiction, Essays
Notable works The Caballo de Troya series
Website
www.planetabenitez.com

Juan José Benítez, born September 7, 1946, in the city of Pamplona, Navarre, is a Spanish author.

Career

Benítez received a journalism degree from the University of Navarra in 1965 and started his work as a journalist in the newspaper La Verdad of Murcia in January 1966. Over the next few years he became interested in, and commenced research on, in the UFO phenomena. After holding jobs at several other newspapers, heleft journalism in the late 1970s in order to study Ufology[1]

During his three decades as an author, he has published more than fifty books, including investigative reports, essays, novels and poetry, and sold more than nine million copies worldwide, over five million of them in the Caballo de Troya series. He created the television documentary seriesPlaneta Encantado (Enchanted Planet), for which he traveled to seventeen countries in expound upon his theories as to great unsolved mysteries.[2]

He currently resides in the coastal town of Barbate, Andalusia, with his wife and two dogs.[3]

List of published works

For a more comprehensive list, see List of works of J. J. Benítez.

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