Clara Cortés was born in 1996 in Colmenar Viejo (Madrid), into a family of book-lovers. She is currently combining her literary career with study for a degree in Psychology at the Autonomous University of Madrid. She has won numerous short story competitions both at a regional and national level. Her first novel, Al final de la calle 118 (At The End of Street 118) (Plataforma Neo, 2015), won the third edition of the 'la Caixa'/Plataforma Literary Prize.