Te daba por muerto: una historia de amor. I thought you were dead: a love story

Pete Nelson es un escritor norteamericano que vive en Westchester County, Nueva York. Ha publicado una veintena de títulos de ficción, seis de no ficción y unos ciento cincuenta relatos y artículos en revistas como Esquire, Harpers, Playboy y Rolling Stone. Fue nominado a un Edgar Award y ganó un Christopher Award por Left for Dead. También es cantante y compositor y tiene dos discos publicados

Esta es la historia de Paul y Stella. La vida de Paul Gustavson es un desastre con una carrera llena de obstáculos en la que continuamente tropieza: está divorciado, su forma física es deplorable y su estado de salud penoso, su padre ha sufrido una embolia, tiene una relación inestable y problemas de impotencia. Su solucion es ahogar sus penas en el bar. Y su estrategia es no trabajar.
Pero tiene a Stella. Stella es la perra de Paul: Escucha con paciencia sus quejas sobre las injusticias de la vida, y le da su opinión sincera y certera, con comentarios llenos de razón e ironía. Stella es la voz de la conciencia de Paul, su norte, su confesora, la única constante con los pies en el suelo en un mundo que no deja de girar y cambiar.

Pete Nelson is an American writer who lives in Westchester County, New York. He has published twenty fiction titles, six of non-fiction and a hundred and fifty stories and articles in magazines such as Harpers, Esquire, Playboy and Rolling Stone. He was nominated for an Edgar Award and won a Christopher Award for Left for Dead. It is also a singer and songwriter and has released two records.

Paul has a few problems, his wife divorced him,his relationship with his girlfriend might be on the rocks too, his father has a stroke, and his parents lost significant money in the stock market. Money, relationship issues, and parents with failing health, these are the reefs that the ships of life crash upon. His solution is to spend his free time at the local bar drowning his sorrows. His strategy is not working. Facing such huge life issues, and struggling with them, Paul needs a friend, a wise confidant who sees the best in him and gives sage advice. It is to his good fortune that he has such a friend, Stella his aging dog. She loves and understands Paul down to the bone. She also knows all his foibles and is not reluctant to point out the error of his ways. Stella gets after Paul, tries to set him on the right path, dusts him off when he stumbles and encourages him. Dog lovers will recognize Stella´s reaction to thunderstorms. Through all Paul´s trials he starts to assume responsibility for his life.