Albert Sánchez Piñol

Albert Sánchez Piñol, born in Barcelona in 1965, is an anthropologist and writer. Author of the essays Pallassos i monstres [Clowns and Monsters] and Les estructures elementals de la narrativa [The Basic Structures of Narratives], he is among the leading Catalan-language fantasy authors, with works such as La pell freda [translated into English as Cold Skin], Pandora al Congo [translated into English as Pandora in the Congo], the short story collection Tretze tristos tràngols [Several Sorry Situations] and Fungus. La pell freda, published by La Campana in 2002, won the Ojo Crítico Award, was shortlisted for the Llibreter and was translated into 37 languages, selling 800,000 copies around the world. He is also the author of bestsellers in other genres, such as Victus [translated into English as Victus: The Fall of Barcelona], Vae Victus and, more recently, El monstre de Santa Helena [The Monster of Santa Helena] and Pregària a Prosèrpina [Prayer to Proserpina].