Luis Magrinyà was born in Palma de Mallorca in 1960 and has lived in Madrid since 1982. After studying Literature and Photography he has worked as a translator, lexicographer and publisher. He is the author of two books of short stories: Los aéreos (1993) and Belinda y el monstruo (1995), which received the unanimous applause of the critics. He was awarded the Herralde Novel Prize in 2000 for his novel Los dos Luises.