Paula Farias (Madrid, 1968) is, by vocation, a doctor, humanitarian aid worker and a teller of stories that can be separated into stories, books, songs, poems and articles. After spending a few years travelling onboard Greenpeace's boats, she began to work for Médecins Sans Frontières during the Balkan Wars. This led to her coordinating emergency responses to natural disasters, epidemics and armed conflicts, including the war in Afghanistan, which underlays the pages of 'Fantasmas azules' ('Blue Ghosts'). She has been president of Médecins Sans Frontières and set up and coordinated Médecins Sans Frontières' rescue operations in the Mediterranean. When the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, she coordinated the organisation's  emergency operations in Madrid. In 2004 she published her book 'Déjate contar un cuento' ('Let Me Tell You A Story') (Alfaguara), the fruit of her experiences as a humanitarian aid worker, followed by the novel 'Dejarse llo-' ('Letting yourself -') in 2005.