José Luís Peixoto (born September 4, 1974) is one of the most acclaimed and widely read contemporary novelists in Portugal.
José Luís Peixoto was born in a small town in the interior of Portugal, in the Alentejo region. He finished a degree in Modern Languages and Literatures at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. He was a teacher for a few years in Portugal and Cape Verde before becoming a professional writer in 2001.