Bruno Elías Maduro, born in Cartagena in 1971, is a Colombian writer, lawyer and philosopher. His body of work includes short stories and novels – amongst them Noticias de Mamatoco (2013), La aldea debajo de la montaña (2021) and Juan Camacho o los relatos de un pescador (2021) – as well as a wide-ranging body of essays. Alongside his literary work, he has published studies on neuropsychology, political philosophy and education, including Filosofía de la educación e interculturalidad indígena (1995), Filosofía de la cognición (2009) and Teoría del poder (2015). Early in his career, Maduro was involved in educational work in the Sierra Nevada, where he founded several schools.