José Carlos Carmona (Malaga, 1963), PhD, teaches at the Universidad de Sevilla and is a musician and writer. In addition to this novel, he has, so far, published three collections of short stories: Pararse a pensar (Stop to Think), Cuentos para despues de hacer el amor (Stories for After Making Love) and El arte perdido de la conversación (The Lost Art of Conversation), plus the novel, Sabor a canela (The Taste of Cinnamon). The Taste of Chocolate won the XIII Premio Literario de la Universidad de Sevilla.