Rubén Abella is the author of six novels —Dice la sangre [Blood Speaks] (winner of the Castilla-León Critics Award in 2025), Ictus [Stroke] (2020), California (2015), Baruc en el río [Baruc in the River] (2011), El libro del amor esquivo [The Book of Elusive Love] (finalist of the prestigious Nadal prize in 2009), and La sombra del escapista [The Shadow of the Escape Artist] (winner of the Torrente Ballester prize in 2002)—; a book of short stories —Quince llamadas perdidas [Fifteen Missed Calls] (winner of the Kutxa prize in 2020), and two collections of flash fiction — Los ojos de los peces [Fish Eyes] (2010) and No habría sido igual sin la luvia [It Wouldn’t Have Been the Same Without the Rain] (winner of the Mario Vargas Llosa NH prize in 2007)—. He is also a photographer and a teacher at Escuela de Escritores and Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid. (Teacher International writing course 2025).