Pedro Corral (San Sebastian, 1963) is a journalist and writer. He is the author of the collections of essays: Si me quieres escribir: Gloria y castigo de la 84th Brigada Mixta del Ejercito Popular (2004) and Desertores: la Guerra Civil que nadie quiere contar (2006), considered to be the most original, ground-breaking essays on the Civil War in Spain published in recent years. In 2009, El Aleph published his novel La ciudad de arena, which received critical and public acclaim.