Emilio Calderón  is an historian, editor and writer. He  dedicated himself exclusively to children's and young people's literature for ten years, and his published works include 'Continúan los crímenes en Roma', 'Julieta sin Romeo', 'El último crimen de Pompeya' and 'El misterio de la habitación cerrada'.
His first novel for adults, 'El mapa del creador', was published in 2006, while he was in receipt of a grant from the Real Academia de España in Rome. This work imediately became an international success, and the translation rights were sold in twenty three countries. In September 2007 he published 'El secreto de la porcelana'.