Richard Simas is a freelance writer with a background in literature, music, and the performing arts. His publications appear in contemporary art and literary reviews in Europe and in North America with awards from the Journey Prize anthology, the Fiddlehead Review Fiction competition, and a Camões Institute prize to attend the Disquiet International Literary program in Lisbon. His work includes translations, chronicles, and essays about Portuguese culture. His recent early readers’ book, The Mystery of the Portuguese Waltzes, has been published by Running the Goat Books in Newfoundland, Canada.