[1] He was the winner of the 2005 Prêmio Sesc de Literatura for his debut novel Hoje Está um Dia Morto.

He has a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy by the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo and has also written about literature for Brazilian newspapers and magazines.

His following novel, Abaixo do Paraíso, was considered by the newspaper O Globo[2] one of the best fiction books published in 2016.

His latest work is Vento de Queimada, a crime novel set in the Brazilian Midwest, in the early 1980s.

The main character of the novel is a female professional killer involved with corrupt politicians and other criminals.