Jaim Royo (born Madrid, 1971), formerly known as Jaime Royo-Villanova, is the author of the novels 'Malvania' (Ediciones del Viento) and 'Gran Océano' ('Great Ocean'), (Plataforma Editorial), which has been translated into Korean. In 2006 he wrote a biography of Porfirio Rubirosa (which received generous praise from Enrique Vila-Matas). He was a literary critic for La Revista de Libros (2000-2009) and worked as a contributor to El Mundo's El Cultural, Arte de Vivir and Vanitas. In 2010 Royo had a serious accident which prevented him from taking part in any further lilterary activity. Until now.