Fran Toro (Badalona, 1977) is a history teacher and writer and these two activities are as naturally combined as different coloured pieces of plasticine in the hand of a child. He has written numerous articles, reports and literary texts for publications such as Diario Jaén, Crónica Global, the Fábula literary magazine, Ábaco magazie, El Toro Celeste and Panenka magazine. He has also chanced his hand at comics, always in tandem with the illustrator Juaco Vizuete, with whom he has written the picture book (Geografía e) Historieta. He has had various successes with microfiction, including the Jury prize at the first Signo Editores Microfiction Competition (2017) with his tweet-story Hendaya de Criptana. Olivos de Cal, his first novel, has been awarded the Premio Nacional de Novela Ateneo Mercantil de Valencia (2019). In 2016 the same work was a finalist in the XX City of Badajoz International Prize.