Juan Francisco Ferré (Málaga, 1962) has published the short story collection 'Metamorfosis®' (2006) and the novels 'La vuelta al mundo' (2002), 'I love you Sade' (2003) and 'La fiesta del asno' (2005; translated into French in 2012). His novel 'Providence' (shortlisted for the Herralde prize in 2009) received an unusually unanimous wonderful critical reception. 'Karnaval' was awarded the Herralde prize for fiction in 2012.