Ignacio Escolar (Burgos, 1975) has been a journalist since 1995. Founder and first editor of the newspaper Público, he has worked in the print media, radio and television as a political analyst. He hosts www.escolar.net the most popular political blog in Spain, and contributed to such international media organs as The Guardian and El Clarín in Argentina. has been a press consultant in Latin America, in the launch of a newspaper chain in Mexico  and the redesign of another newspaper in Ecuador. 31 Nights is his debut novel.