thanks to the insistent twenty-page letters that he sent per week to the radio madrid program (cadena ser) el gran musical, he managed to get him to commission him to make a magazine in 1968. he also published articles and collaborations in la prensa de barcelona and nuevo diario de madrid . he then went on to direct the weekly disco exprés (1970-1978) and published his first book in 2345: 1962-72 historia de la música pop, the first of its kind in spain and widely sold. he collaborates in a large number of music magazines: top magazine, extra etc. he had two sons. he was a founding member, editor and finally director of popular 1 (1973-1976), a monthly rock magazine, and of super pop. in 1978 he was a finalist for the planeta award, and in 1979 he received the ateneo de sevilla award. in 1981 he received his first grand angle prize for youth literature, which he received again in 1983 and 1991; he has great success with young lennon, a youth bestseller. it is translated into italian, german, french, greek, bulgarian, portuguese, slovak, dutch, english, japanese, etc. some of his titles are adapted to film, television or theater. in 2002 a survey declared that he is the most widely read living author in schools in spain. he is also in libraries. in 2012 he published my (first) 400 books. literary memoirs of jordi sierra i fabra. 2