Jon Azkueta

{{Infobox writer | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|5|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = Usansolo (Basque Country) Spain | death_date = | death_place = | education = | genre = Romance Young adult Young adult romance | years_active = 2013–present | notableworks = | website = | alma_mater = Ánima Eskola School of Drama University of the Basque Country (BA) | name = Jon Azkueta | occupation = Novelist, teacher | birth_name = Jon Azkueta Castro | nationality = Spanish | relatives = Cristina Castro (mother) Jon Azkueta Legarreta (father) }}

'''Jon Azkueta Castro''' (born in Usansolo on 3 May 1998) is a Basque author of romance novels in the young adult fiction genre.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corrales |first=Guillermo Álvarez |title=Jon Azkueta: "'Huyendo del vicio' empezó siendo un relato, pero ante el éxito en Wattpad lo convertí en novela" |url=https://www.bekia.es/sociedad/noticias/jon-azueta-huyendo-vicio-wattpad-novela/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=www.bekia.es |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Serradell |first=Man Hoh Tang |date=2023-06-26 |title=Jon Azkueta: "Trespadejo es el lugar en el que siempre serás bienvenido" |url=https://revistayoung.es/2023/06/26/libros/jon-azkueta-trespadejo-es-el-lugar-en-el-que-siempre-seras-bienvenido/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=YOUNG España |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-20 |title=Recomendaciones literarias con Jon Azkueta |url=https://www.eitb.eus/es/radio/radio-euskadi/programas/boulevard/audios/detalle/9564942/audio-recomendaciones-literarias-con-jon-azkueta/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=EITB |language=es}}</ref>

Azkueta made his debut in the young adult fiction genre on the Wattpad platform and later in paper with the Crossbooks publishing house (Grupo Planeta), with which she published the novels ''69 segundos para conquistarte'' (2022),<ref name=":4" /> ''Huyendo del vicio'' (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Digital |first=Estrella |date=2023-07-20 |title=Entrevista {{!}} Jon Azkueta: “En ‘Huyendo Del Vicio’ hay muchos comportamientos tóxicos que dejo claro que no están bien” |url=https://www.estrelladigital.es/articulo/literatura/entrevista-jon-azkueta-en-huyendo-del-vicio-hay-muchos-comportamientos-toxicos-que-dejo-claro-que-no-estan-bien/20230720151210355284.html |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=Estrella Digital |language=es}}</ref>, ''El último amanecer de agosto'' (2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Serradell |first=Man Hoh Tang |date=2024-06-11 |title=Jon Azkueta publicará "El último amanecer de agosto" en septiembre |url=https://revistayoung.es/2024/06/11/libros/jon-azkueta-publicara-el-ultimo-amanecer-de-agosto-en-septiembre/ |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=YOUNG España |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Corrales |first=Guillermo Álvarez |date=2025-03-02 |title=Jon Azkueta: "Si eres escritor tienes que tener plan b y hasta z. Es muy difícil. De media ganamos uno o dos euros por libro" |url=https://www.bekia.es/sociedad/noticias/jon-azkueta-escritor-entrevista/ |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=www.bekia.es |language=es}}</ref> or ''The Thirteen Seashells'' (2026).<ref>{{Cite web |last=LOS40 |date=2026-01-10 |title=‘Las trece caracolas’, la novela española que ha sorprendido al productor de Selena Gomez, Rihanna, Coldplay o Justin Bieber {{!}} Libros |url=https://los40.com/2026/01/10/las-trece-caracolas-la-novela-espanola-que-ha-sorprendido-al-productor-de-selena-gomez-rihanna-coldplay-o-justin-bieber/ |access-date=2026-04-19 |website=LOS40 |language=es-ES}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Godoy |first=María |date=2026-01-14 |title=«Me apetece darle una oportunidad al thriller, un camino que me apasiona especialmente» |url=https://www.elcorreo.com/bizkaia/nervion/apetece-darle-oportunidad-thriller-camino-apasiona-especialmente-20260114174729-nt.html |access-date=2026-04-19 |website=El Correo |language=es}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==

Jon Azkueta Castro was born in Usansolo (Basque Country) on 3 May 1998.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=lecturalia.com |title=Jon Azkueta: libros y biografía autor |url=https://www.lecturalia.com/autor/24298/jon-azkueta |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Lecturalia |language=es}}</ref> He is the son of Olympic athletes Cristina Castro and Jon Azkueta Legarreta.<ref>{{Cite web |last=González |first=Diego |date=2021-06-02 |title=Cristina Castro y Jon Azkueta, una pareja que nació en las pistas de atletismo |url=https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2021/06/02/radio_bilbao/1622634026_280863.html |access-date=2026-04-19 |website=Cadena SER |language=es-ES}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=2026-03-27 |title=Jon Azkueta |url=https://www.ondacero.es/emisoras/asturias/gijon/jon-azkueta_2026032769c678d16b2f88359258ffa4.html |access-date=2026-04-19 |website=OndaCero |language=es}}</ref> He is the brother of pelota player Egoitz Azkueta Castro.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-23 |title=Markina y Usansolo disputan la gran final del Interpueblos de Bizkaia de mano |url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/pelota-vasca/20170623/423608017693/pelota-interpueblos-bizkaia-markina-usansolo.html |access-date=2026-04-19 |website=Mundo Deportivo |language=es}}</ref>

Azkueta studied a bachelor's degree in primary education at the University of the Basque Country.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jon Azkueta: "Al estudiante no hay que cortarle las alas" |url=https://www.ehu.eus/es/-/-al-estudiante-no-hay-que-cortarle-las-alas- |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=UPV/EHU |language=es-ES}}</ref> He has worked as a bookseller and as a teacher.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" /> He is also trained as a film and television screenwriter.<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Godoy |first=María |date=2026-01-14 |title=«Me apetece darle una oportunidad al thriller, un camino que me apasiona especialmente» |url=https://www.elcorreo.com/bizkaia/nervion/apetece-darle-oportunidad-thriller-camino-apasiona-especialmente-20260114174729-nt.html |access-date=2026-04-19 |website=El Correo |language=es}}</ref>

In addition, Azkueta also trained as an actor. He studied at the Ánima Eskola School of Drama, where he trained in theatre with Sandra Tejero. In 2014 he participated in the stage production ''Miau, Miau'', a musical theatre based on ''Cats'', directed by Spanish stage director Sandra Tejero and staged at the Campos Elíseos Theatre (Bilbao).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Correo |first=El |date=2014-06-21 |title="Miau, miau" |url=https://agenda.elcorreo.com/evento/miau-miau-426990.html |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=agenda.elcorreo.com |language=es-ES}}</ref> In 2014 he co-starred in the series ''Mucha Mierda!'', alongside Unai Elizalde or Naroa Capel, playing the role of Iker, a romantic comedy in the world of theatre, directed by Eriz Cerezo and Iker Mendaza.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Correo |first=El |date=2014-11-13 |title="Mucha mierda" |url=https://agenda.elcorreo.com/evento/mucha-mierda-447404.html |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=agenda.elcorreo.com |language=es-ES}}</ref>

== Career == He began writing on the Wattpad platform, where he wrote stories and stories. At the age of 16 he wrote ''69 seconds to conquer you'' (''69 segundos para conquistarte''), which he published on Wattpad and had a notable impact. He then published ''Fleeing from vice'' (''Huyendo del vicio''), also on Wattpad, which he began writing at the age of 18 and began as a story, but continued to develop until it became a novel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burgos |first=Diario de |date=2023-06-10 |title=Una novela juvenil inspirada en Trespaderne y Montejo |url=https://www.diariodeburgos.es/noticia/z4af34bcf-922c-34f4-a4b2866fdc8aa648/202306/inspirado-en-trespaderne-y-montejo |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Diario de Burgos |language=spanish}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Serradell |first=Man Hoh Tang |date=2023-06-26 |title=Jon Azkueta: "Trespadejo es el lugar en el que siempre serás bienvenido" |url=https://revistayoung.es/2023/06/26/libros/jon-azkueta-trespadejo-es-el-lugar-en-el-que-siempre-seras-bienvenido/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=YOUNG España |language=es}}</ref> He began writing ''Fleeing from vice'' in the summer of 2016, while spending the summer in Trespaderne (Burgos), a place that is the setting of the story.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blanco |first=Yolanda Fernández |date=2023-06-10 |title=Trespadejo, el pueblo ficticio de Burgos que protagoniza una novela |url=https://www.burgosconecta.es/culturas/libros/trespadejo-pueblo-ficticio-burgos-protagoniza-novela-20230609090412-nt.html |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=BURGOSconecta |language=es}}</ref> In total, his novels have accumulated almost three million readers on Wattpad.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-21 |title=Romanticismo Wattpad, el nuevo fenómeno editorial |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/culturas/20220521/8276927/wattpad-romantica-joana-marcus-ariana-godoy-alex-mirez-lij.html |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=La Vanguardia |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jon Azkueta: "La protagonista de mi novela 'Huyendo del vicio' cree que la solución es encontrar al príncipe azul cuando lo que tiene que hacer es encontrarse a sí misma" |url=https://www.bekia.es/videos/jon-azkueta-entrevista-novela/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=www.bekia.es |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-10-10 |title='¿Quién dice que l@s jóvenes no leemos? Wattpad: donde las historias viven' |url=https://www.euskadi.eus/gobierno-vasco/-/evento/2023/11/17/quien-dice-que-l-s-jovenes-no-leemos-wattpad-donde-las-historias-viven-/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=www.euskadi.eus |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-26 |title=Entrevista a Mónica García Saiz y Jon Azkueta |url=https://www.eitb.eus/es/radio/radio-euskadi/programas/boulevard/audios/detalle/9529266/audio-entrevista-a-monica-garcia-saiz-y-jon-azkueta/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=EITB |language=es}}</ref> He won the Watty Award in 2017 and in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-14 |title=Jon Azkueta Castro – Biografía y mejores libros |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/libros/autores/jon-azkueta-castro-20115683 |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=La Vanguardia |language=es}}</ref>

Due to the success of his novels on Wattpad, the novels ''69 seconds to conquer you'' (''69 segundos para conquistarte'') and ''Fleeing from vice'' (''Huyendo del vicio'')<ref>{{Cite web |last=López Quesada |first=Andrea |date=31 May 2023 |title=Jon Azkueta publica su nuevo libro 'Huyendo del vicio' |url=https://www.planetadelibros.com/blog/noticias/20/articulo/jon-azkueta-publica-su-nuevo-libro-huyendo-del-vicio/843 |website=Grupo Planeta}}</ref> were acquired by Crossbooks publishing house (Grupo Planeta) for publication in paper form, becoming the first Wattpad boy to sign for a large publishing house in Spain.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=pilarmartinez |date=2022-07-08 |title=Jon Azkueta, the first Wattpad boy to jump to paper, publishes '69 seconds' |url=https://www.culturamas.es/2022/07/08/jon-azkueta-el-primer-chico-wattpad-que-salta-al-papel-publica-69-segundos/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Culturamas |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Altolaguirre |first=Marina Tadeo |date=2022-11-20 |title=Wattpad, el sueño de cualquier editor: escritores que ya tienen miles de lectores |url=https://www.elindependiente.com/tendencias/libros/2022/11/21/wattpad-el-sueno-de-cualquier-editor-escritores-que-ya-tienen-miles-de-lectores/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=El Independiente |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Abajo |first=Teresa |date=2023-06-18 |title=Literatura juvenil que enamora |url=https://www.elcorreo.com/culturas/literatura-juvenil-enamora-20230616003335-nt.html |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=El Correo |language=es}}</ref>

In the year 2024, the novel ''The Last Dawn of August'' (''El último amanecer de agosto'') was published, published both on Wattpad and on paper.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Serradell |first=Man Hoh Tang |date=2024-06-11 |title=Jon Azkueta publicará "El último amanecer de agosto" en septiembre |url=https://revistayoung.es/2024/06/11/libros/jon-azkueta-publicara-el-ultimo-amanecer-de-agosto-en-septiembre/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=YOUNG España |language=es}}</ref> Unlike his previous novels, which he wrote as a teenager, ''The Last Dawn of August'' was the first novel written as an adult.<ref name=":1" />

Since 2024, Azkueta is a contributor to the ''Boulevard'' radio program on Radio Euskadi (EITB Media), contributing to a section on literature and current novels.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-20 |title=Recomendaciones literarias con Jon Azkueta |url=https://www.eitb.eus/es/radio/radio-euskadi/programas/boulevard/audios/detalle/9564942/audio-recomendaciones-literarias-con-jon-azkueta/ |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=EITB |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2024-07-23 |title=Recomendaciones de lecturas de la mano del escritor Jon Azkueta |url=https://www.eitb.eus/es/radio/radio-euskadi/programas/boulevard/audios/detalle/9548789/audio-recomendaciones-de-lecturas-de-mano-del-escritor-jon-azkueta/ |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=EITB |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":5" />

== Books ==

=== Published in paper ===

* 2022, ''69 segundos para conquistarte'', Crossbooks (Planeta) * 2023, ''Huyendo del vicio'', Crossbooks (Planeta) * 2024, ''El último amanecer de agosto'', Crossbooks (Planeta) * 2026, ''The Thirteen Seashells'', Crossbooks (Planeta)

=== On Wattpad ===

* ''Joder…otro muerto más'' * ''Verony'' * ''La librería de la Ría'' * ''Rewind X'' * ''Huyendo del vicio'' * ''69 segundos para conquistarte''

== Radio ==

* 2024–present, ''Boulevard'', Radio Euskadi (EITB Media)<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" />

== Filmography ==

=== TV Series ===

* 2014, ''Mucha Mierda!'', (Role – Iker)<ref name=":3" />

== Awards ==

* 2020, Watty Award (Wattpad) * 2017, Watty Award (Wattpad)

== See also ==

* Wattpad * Sandra Tejero

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{IMDb name|6717505}}

Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:Ánima Eskola School of Drama alumni Category:University of the Basque Country alumni Category:Spanish romantic fiction writers Category:Spanish novelists Category:21st-century Spanish male actors Category:Spanish film actors Category:Spanish television actors Category:Spanish stage actors

Jon Azkueta

Connections

Linked from

Links to (23 total)