Lucía Etxebarría was born in 1966. She has a daughter, a dog, three tattoos and many scars both visible and invisible. She has been awarded an honorary degree from the University of Aberdeen, has won some of the most important Spanish literary prizes (Premio Nadal, 1998 with "Beatriz y los cuerpos celestes", Premio Primavera, 2001 with "De todo lo visible e invisible" and Premio Planeta, 2004 with "Un milagro en equilibrio") and her work has been widely translated.