Núria Riera was born in 1975 in Terrassa (Barcelona). She has contributed as a freelance journalist to the magazines Descobrir, Soweto, Cuentos sin fronteras and Vivir en el campo, and to the publication of education books and guides. She has published some of her short stories (Labreu Ediciones and ediciones Acumán). A Wave that Tastes of Fish is her first novel.