My name is Roberto González Rivera. I’m the author of thrillers based in the Caribbean. I grew up in the Caribbean, so I know it well, and I learn something new every day. All my books are available on Amazon, in English and Spanish. I also write mystery and spooky short stories, some of which have appeared in The Acentos Review, Historical Fiction Reader, and Bangle Magazine. You can follow me on Amazon, on Facebook, on Instagram, and on TikTok.
My grandfather was a prison warden and my father played softball with the inmates when he was a teenager. Maybe that’s related to my interest in delinquents, transgressors and rebels. Some of my childhood friends became leaders in their fields; others wound up in jail. At seventeen, I left my little hometown in Puerto Rico for New York City, where I earned a BS and an MA New York University. I love the City, and I lived there for many years before I moved on.
I have taught at every level from Kindergarten to college in Venezuela, Puerto Rico, New York and Florida. The little ones are my favorites, because the education system has not yet smothered their creativity and optimism.
I am also a fine artist, and my paintings are in the permanent collections of the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture, the Puerto Rico Tourism Corporation, the Arecibo Museum of Art & History and other collections.
I’ve been a graphic artist, an art director for TV commercials, a bilingual copywriter, a creative director, a professor and more, and I always had stories knocking around in my head. At last, I decided to write the stories down, and here we are.
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