João Carlos Marinho

João Carlos Marinho Homem de Mello [1] (25 September 1935 – 17 March 2019) was a Brazilian writer and former lawyer.

His work, mainly juvenile thrillers, is considered a landmark in the renewal of the Brazilian children's literature in the 1970s.

Born in Rio de Janeiro, he spent his childhood and adolescence in Santos and São Paulo, before going to study at the École nouvelle de la Suisse romande in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he remained until 20 years of age.

[3] He graduated in Law from University of São Paulo and was a lawyer in Guarulhos for nearly 30 years.

After retiring as a lawyer, he moved to the neighborhood of Pinheiros, in São Paulo, the scene of many of his narratives.