Ricard Ruiz Garzón (Barcelona, 1973) is a writer and teacher at the Ateneu Barcelonès School of Writing. Winner of the XXV edition of the Edebé Prize for Children's Literature with his book The immortal (La immortal), he is the author of a number of books, including The Voices of the Labyrinth (Las voces del laberinto), The Monsters of Villa Diodati (Los monstruos de Villa Diodati), the young adult series Guardians of dreams (Guardianes de sueños) and the children’s picture book The world’s best present (El mejor regalo del mundo). His work has been translated into Portuguese, French, Turkish and Italian.