Miren Agur Meabe (Lekeitio, 1962) writes for both adult and children and youth audiences. She has received, among others, the Critics' Prize for the poetry books Azalaren kodea (The Skin Code) in 2001 and Bitsa eskuetan (Foam in the Hands) in 2011, as well as the Euskadi Prize for Young Adult Literature on three occasions. Her novel Kristalezko begi bat (A Glass Eye) has been translated into several languages. In 2020, she published the collection of poems Nola gorde errautsa kolkoan (How to Keep Ashes Inside Your Chest), 2021 National Poetry Prize. Throughout her career, she has participated in numerous international events, such as the Dublin Writers Festival (2003), XXI Literary Festival of Vjlenjca (Slovenia, 2006), Edinburgh Festival (2007 and 2019), Basque Studies Center of Santa Bárbara and Reno (2008), Frankfurt Fair (2009), Reading Month Festival in Central Europe (2016), among many others.