Esther Tusquets (Barcelona, ​​1936) studied at universities in Barcelona and Madrid and directed the publishing house Lumen for more than twenty-five years. From this period, she wrote Confessions of a Not-So-Truthful Editor , a work in which she captured her memories of this publishing experience.

In 1978 he published his first novel, The Same Sea of ​​Every Summer , the first volume of a trilogy whose second part, Love Is a Solitary Game (1979), won the City of Barcelona Prize. The trilogy concludes with Stranded After the Last Shipwreck (1980).

Among his works, the following stand out: Para no volver (1985), Siete miradas en un mismo paisaje (1992), La niña lunática (1996), Con la miel en los labios (1997), Correspondencia privada (2005) and Habíamos ganado la guerra (2007).