Adolfo García Ortega has been linked to the world of books and literature since 1980. He has worked as a translator, a literary critic, a columnist for the press (El País) and a publisher (he has been director of the publisher house Seix Barral and Deputy Director of the Editorial Area of Grupo Planeta). As a writer, his works enjoy a high reputation and level of prestige. Of note among his books are the novels Café Hugo (1999; 2007 by Bruguera), Lobo (2000), El comprador de aniversarios (2003; 2008 Bruguera), Autómota (Bruguera 2007), and El mapa de la vida (Seix Barral, 2009), works that have had notorious critical and popular success.