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João Carlos Marinho

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João Carlos Marinho Homem de Mello was a Brazilian writer and former lawyer. He was best known by the pen names João Carlos Marinho and João Carlos Marinho Silva. He authored, among other books, O Gênio do Crime, his first novel published in 1969. His work, mainly juvenile thrillers, is considered a landmark in the renewal of the Brazilian children's literature in the 1970s. He wrote 18 titles, 13 of them dedicated to the adventures of the Turma do Gordo.