Mercedes Ron López (born 1 June 1993) is an Argentine-born Spanish author. She is known for the ''Culpables Saga'', a trilogy that became known through
Wattpad. The first book of the trilogy, ''Culpa Mía'', was adapted into
a movie in 2023. The sequel, ''Culpa Tuya'', was adapted into a
movie
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and released on December 27, 2024. The third and final installment, ''Culpa Nuestra'', is currently in
post-production
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and is set to be released in 2025.
An English
remake
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titled
My Fault: London was released on
Amazon Prime Video
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on February 13, 2025.
She currently resides in
Seville
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, Spain.
Early life
Ron was born in
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...
, Argentina. She fled to Spain with her family in
2001
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to avoid the riots in Argentina. She earned a degree in Audiovisual Communication at the
University of Seville
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.
Writing career
She began writing mainly on the Wattpad platform in mid-2015, where she started writing ''Culpa Mía.'' In 2016, she won a Wattys Awards badge. In March 2017, her novel ''Culpa Mía'' went on sale under the Montena seal of
Penguin Random House
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in Barcelona. A few months later, her second book ''Culpa Tuya'' was released. In July 2018, the third and final book of the Guilty Trilogy, ''Culpa Nuestra'', came out and was presented at the 23rd International Book Fair exhibition in
Lima
Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...
, Peru. The Guilty Trilogy was translated into French by publisher Hachette Romans in 2018.
In 2019, she premiered ''Marfíl'', and in October ''Ébano''.
As of 2025, she has over 321,000 followers on Wattpad. The author has over 100 million reads on Wattpad. She is a New York Times best-selling author, with more than three million copies sold worldwide.
''Novels''
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All of the novels contain a toxic relationship
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*Culpables Trilogy
**''Culpa Mía'' (January 2017)
**''Culpa Tuya'' (September 2017)
**''Culpa Nuestra'' (January 2018)
*Enfrentados Duology
**''Marfíl'' (January 2019)
**''Ébano'' (January 2019)
*Dímelo Trilogy
**''Dímelo Bajito'' (October 2020)
**''Dímelo En Secreto'' (November 2020)
**''Dímelo Con Besos'' (April 2021)
*Bali Saga
**''30 sunsets para enamorarte'' (May 2023)
**''10.000 millas para encontrarte'' (September 2023)
See also
* Argentine literature
Argentine literature, i.e. the set of literary works produced by writers who originated from Argentina, is one of the most prolific, relevant and influential in the whole Spanish speaking world, with renowned writers such as Jorge Luis Borges, Ju ...
References
1993 births
Living people
Writers from Buenos Aires
Wattpad writers
University of Seville alumni
21st-century Argentine novelists
21st-century Argentine women writers
Argentine emigrants to Spain
Argentine women novelists
Argentine YouTubers
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