Teo Palacios was born in Dos Hermanas (Seville) in 1970. After studying marketing and design, he held several executive roles in the course of his career. As a writer he works in various genres, primarily historical novels. He is part of the committee that organises the Dos Hermanas Fantasy Literature Day and the Biblioforum. He has contributed to various magazines (Cambio16, La Aventura de la Historia, Clío…) and radio programs as an interviewer and journalist. To date he has publilshed five novels: 'Hijos de Heracles' ('Sons of Heracles') (Edhasa, 2010), 'El collar Maya' ('The Mayan Necklace') (Ediciones Contracorriente, 2012), 'La Predicción del Astrólogo' ('The Astrologer's Prediction') (Ediciones B, 2013), 'El Trono de Barro' ('The Clay Throne') (Edhasa, 2015) and 'La boca del diablo' ('The Devil's Mouth') (Edhasa, 2018).