Bruno Elías Maduro, born in Cartagena in 1971, is a Colombian writer, lawyer and philosopher. He published books of short stories and novels such as Noticias de Mamatoco (2013), La aldea debajo de la montaña (2021) and Juan Camacho o los relatos de un pescador (2021). 
He has written several studies on neuropsychology, political philosophy and pedagogy. These include Filosofía de la educación e interculturalidad indígena (1995), Filosofía de la cognición (2009) and Teoría del poder (2015).
He has practiced in a psychiatric clinic, and in his early professional career carried out important educational work in the Sierra Nevada, founding several schools.