Pep Coll (Pessonada, Pallars Jussà, 1949) is well know for his collections of legends – such as Mnntes malditos (Accursed Mountains, 1993) – youth novels and television scripts, but his outstanding achievements have been as a novelist, including such titles as: La mula vieja (The Old Mule, 1989), El siglo de la luz (The Century of Light, 1997), el abominable crimen de Alsina Graells (The Abominable Murder of Alsina Graells, 1999), el salvaje de los Pirineos (The Savage of the Pyrenees, 2005), Las señoritas de Lourdes (Young Ladies of Lourdes, 2007, Sant Jordi prize), Nidos (Nests, 2011) y Dos taüts negres i dos de blancs (Two Black Coffins, Two White Coffins, 2013).