Inés Plana was born in Barbastro (Huesca). She graduated in Information Technology from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona before beginning her professional career in Madrid. She has worked in several print media organs and, in publishing, created and coordinated a number of collections of titles designed to promote history and art. She is currently heads the newspaper-magazine Vivir Bien in Madrid. There Are Things That Hurt More Than Death is her debut novel: she worked on it for five years.