Javier Negrete was born in Madrid in 1964. He studied Classical Philology and since 1991 has taught Greek at the Gabriel y Galán school in Plasencia. In 1992 he published his first novel, 'La luna quieta.' He is the author of other works of science fiction such as 'La mirada de las furias' and 'Estado crepuscular.' He has also written young people's literature with 'Memoria del dragón' and 'Los héroes de Kalanúm'. He won the UPC short novel prize in 2000 for 'Buscador de sombras' and has three times received special mention from the jury of this prize. He has been shortlisted for prizes from Edebé, El Barco de Vapo and La Sonrisa Vertical. In 2003 he published 'La espada de fuego' with Minotauro, which won the Ignotus prize for best novel, and in 2005, 'Espíritu del mago'. Both books were enthusiastically received by both critics and the public. In 2006 he won the Minotauro Prize.