Ray Loriga (Madrid, 1967), novelist, screenwriter and director, is the author of the novels La peor de todo, Héroes, Caídos del cielo, Tokio ya no nos quiere, Trífero, El hombre que inventó Manhattan and Ya solo habla de amor. He has also published the collections of stories Días extraños, Días aún más extraños and Los oficiales y el destino de Cordelia. Translated into 16 languages, he is one of the most highly regarded authors, by both national and international critics. As a screenwriter for the cinema he has collaborated, among others, with Pedro Almodóvar and Carlos Saura.