Cristian Crusat (Marbella, 1983) made his debut with the book "Estatuas" ("Statues") (Pre-Textos, 2006) which was followed by "Tranquilos en tiempo de guerra" ("Calm In A Time of War") (Pre-Textos, 2010) and, a year later, "Breve teoría del viaje y el desierto" (Brief Theory of Travelling and the Desert") (Pre-Textos, winner of the «Premio Internacional de Cuentos Manuel Llano») which received the praise and attention of both critics and discerning readers following its publication in 2011> It went on to win the 2013 European Union Prize for Literature and featured in prestigious anthologies such as "Cuento español actual - 1992-2012" ("Current Spanish Stories - 1992-2012") edited by Ángeles Encina (Cátedra, 2014) and Crusat's work was translated into English, French, Italian, Dutch, Bulgarian and Croatian. Alongside his fiction, Crusat has also published essays and has edited, written prologues for and translated critical articles and essays.