Eva García Sáenz de Urturi (Vitoria, 1972) has lived in Alicante since the age of fifteen. Following a degree in Optics and Optometry, she held various management positions in the optics industry before furthering her professional career with a teaching position at the University of Alicante. She burst onto the literary scene in 2012 with her novel 'La saga de los longevos' ('A Saga of the Ancient Family'), a critical and sales phenomenon which has been translated into English and been very successful in the United States, the UK and Australia. She is currently working on her next novel and also delivers courses and presentations on marketing, motivation and literature.