Elena Gallego Abad (Teruel 1969) is a writer and journalist with a wide range of professional experience, associated with various press and radio media. Member of the Colexio Profesional de Xornalistas de Galicia (CPXG) and the Federación Internacional de Periodistas (FIP), she became known as a writer of fiction with the young adult saga Dragal, published by Xerais, which was very successful in Galicia and translated to Spanish, Catalan and English. Seven Skulls is her first crime novel.