Bef, Bernardo Fernández

MÉXICO, 1972

Bernardo Fernández, aka Bef, is a writer, story teller and graphic designer. He was born in Ciudad de México in 1972. 

He has published novels such as Tiempo de alacranes and Black Ice; graphic novels such as Uncle Bill and María Speaks. A graphic novel about autism; several books of short stories and other children's literature such as I am the Robot, Monster under the Bed Requests Child to Scare and 3 whishes, among others.


He is one of the most recognized graphic narrative writers in Latin America and has won several awards, including the National Novel Award Otra vuelta de tuerca, the Grijalbo Award, the Silverio Cañada Memorial Award of the Semana Negra de Gijón, the Ignotus Award of the Spanish Association of Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror. His work has been translated into several languages.

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By Bef, Bernardo Fernández

  • 3 Wishes

    CHILDREN, 2022

    If you had three wishes, what would you wish for? One afternoon when Harlana was playing on her tablet, she discovered an app that can grant them with a fairy included! Let's discover together...

  • Sofia in the Land of Infinity

    CHILDREN, 2022

    Sofia and her kitty Luna love to roam the Multiverse. Throughout their travels they have gone to worlds where there are still dinosaurs, or inhabitants that can change shape again and again. In...

  • Monster under the Bed Requests Child to Scare

    CHILDREN'S BOOK, 2021

    A succession of illustrated micro-stories in which the monster under the bed is explored in all its possibilities. Good and bad monsters, scary monsters, monsters that sleep under the bed of other...

  • The Beast We Inhabit. A Járcor Case

    NOVEL, 2021

    Mexico City, November 2019 The Beast We Inhabit. A Járcor Case The leader of the Constanza Cartel, Lizzy Zubiaga: behind bars. Her nemesis, Detective Andrea Mijangos: disappeared. But in...

  • Maria Speaks. A Graphic Novel about Autism

    GRAPHIC NOVEL, 2018

    There are two voices in this charming novel. One belongs to Bef, who tells a tale that will be familiar to anyone close to a differently abled child. The other to Maria, who speaks with the power...

  • The Yellow Minute

    YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL, 2017

    Maria is a 13 year old girl having a bad time at school and at home, where her parents' constant squabbling is ruining her life. She's very good at drawing but not great at maths. And she doesn't...

  • From One to Ten and Back Again

    CHILDREN'S BOOK, 2017

    Robots, bears, devils, platypuses, monsters, soldiers, an octopus, a girl and lots more. This is a book for girls and boys who are just beginning to learn to count. One of the most talented...

  • Cobalt Blue

    NOVEL, 2016

    Thwarted in her attempts to create a global financial network for criminals and in mourning over the death of her godfather, El Paisano , Lizzy Zubiaga returns to the scene of global crime having...

  • Scenarios for the End of the World

    SHORT STORIES, 2015

    A report on a clandestine extraterrestrial invasion and its influence on the Mexican government. A conqueror of new planets who can commit genocide at the touch of a button. An immigrant worker...

  • Uncle Bill

    GRAPHIC NOVEL, 2014

    William S. Burroughs arrived in Mexico City in 1949 accompanied by his wife Joan, his stepdaughter Julie and Billy, his young son. Destined to become the most important experimental writer in the...

  • Behind the Mask

    NOVEL, 2014.

    Zombi, a tall, well-built young man, and Roque, a small, shy nerd, have been friends since they were little. They both go to Germán Butze High School and they have the same problems as all...

  • White Collar

    NOVEL NOIR, 2013

    After Black Ice (Grijalbo Prize 2011) detective Andrea Mijangos and Lizzy Zubiaga, the queen of synthetic drugs, return to face each other once more. Oscar Salgado, owner of Blue Chip...

  • Black Ice

    NOVEL, 2011

    GRIJALBO NOVEL PRIZE 2011 Lizzy Zubiaga runs a prison in Constanza. Andrea Mijangos is a public attorney. Although they don't yet know it, they are tied together by bloody events with...

  • I Am the Robot

    CHILDREN'S BOOK, 2010

    Incredible! If you sent a picture of you to marionettes.com, you received a robot exactly like you by mail. The robot then did all you didn't want to do: your homework, tidy up your room, eat...

  • Snake Eyes

    NOVEL, 2009

    1923. A city snakes under the Mexicali soil. There, Pi Ying, an old Chinese opium and alcohol trafficker, has kept a closely-guarded secret ever since his flight from Shanghai many years ago,...

  • The Dream Thief

    SCIENCE FICTION, 2008

    The twisted mind of Doctor Ventosa - a mad scientist - has come up with a perverse plan: to give children chilling nightmares via a virtual reality video game console of his own design, and to...

  • Blue Gel

    SCIENCE FICTION, 2006

    Blue Gel takes us to a world where the most indicative symbol of someone's status, wealth and power is the amount of time they spend in virtual reality, for which it is necessary to submerge...

  • The Roar of Silence

    SCIENCE FICTION, 2006

    Somewhere out there in a dark, silent corner of the cosmos, the dream of the most powerful man on Earth, Cuauhtémoc K. Kobayashi, continues apace: a completely autonomous spaceship...

  • Tiempo de alacranes

    NOVEL, 2005

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