Ronaldo Correia de Brito was born in Sertón de Ceará, Brazil. He now lives in Recife, Pernambuco State, a coastal city surrounded by water from the Capibaribe River. This is were he trained to become a doctor. Although he has written since his youth, he only started publishing after his 40th birthday. He began working in theater and his first published books were designed for audiences of young people and children. In 1987, he brought out a collection of short stories, As noites e os días (Nights and Days) which earned him an invitation to publish with the Cosac Naify publishing house. In 2003, the volume of short stories Faca was well received by both critics and readers, and the “elusive” short story writer was revealed to the whole of Brazil. Essayist and Professor David Arrigucci, Jr. wrote a preface for the book in which he highlights the dramatic, harsh structure of his narrations and his dry, yet refined style. Two years later he published another book of short stories called Livro dos Homens (Man’s Book) which was equally successful.

   In 2008, Ronaldo ventured into novel territory with Galileia, published by Alfaguara. It received the Sao Paulo Literature Prize for Best Book of the Year. Soon after he published the short story Retratos imorais (Immoral Portraits) and the novel Estive lá fora (I Was There Outside). During these same years he published another two theater books, prose for children and young adults, chronicles and editions in different languages and countries, as well as adaptations for film and television.