Born in the city of A Coruña (Spain) in 1977, Miguel Angel Villar Pinto started in the world of letters in 2005 while studying his degree in History. Since then, he has built up a prolific literary career, being included in anthologies and outstanding at literary awards in the short story genre. He started as a novelist (El camino del guerrero, Balarian and La sangre de Dios), also successfully entering later in the literature for children and young people with the publication of thirty-one stories grouped into three collections (El bazar de los sueños, Los bosques perdidos y Leyendas de Arabia) and children's books (Este circo es un desastre, Las preguntas de Nair and Narsú y el collar mágico).