Born in Burgos, he has worked as a cultural correspondent for many years. In 1995 he was shortlisted for the Edebé prize for his first book, No es un crimen enamorarse, which appears in the honour list of the CCEI awards, and since then has published over 40 titles.

José María Plaza est né à Bourgos et a travaillé comme journaliste culturel pendant de nombreuses années.

Born in Burgos, he has worked as a cultural correspondent for many years. In 1995 he was shortlisted for the Edebé prize for his first book, No es un crimen enamorarse, which appears in the honour list of the CCEI awards, and since then has published over 40 titles.

José María Merino (La Coruña, 1941) has won many prizes: the Novels and Stories for Novel of Andrés Choz (1976), the Critics for The Dark Shore (1985), National Young People's Literature for The Summer Trains, the Miguel Delibes Fiction for Lucrecia's visions (1996), the NH Stories for Imaginary