Remembering Carlos Ruiz Zafon One Year On

Gone But Never Forgotten

Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Photo by Gustau Nacarino)

One year ago today, I woke to learn that Carlos Ruiz Zafon, author of The Shadow of the Wind, had died in Los Angeles from colon cancer. Much like the loss of Clarence Clemons ten years ago, Zafon’s passing affected me in ways you would not expect for someone I never met. But also much like Clarence, I really had met him, known him, in maybe the best…