Juan Trejo (Barcelona, 1970) graduated in Hispanic Philology from the University of Barcelona, he was a member of the editorial team of the magazine Lateral and co-director of the literary magazine Quimera from 2006 to 2009. At present he teaches at the Barcelona Escuela de Escritura de l'Ateneu and lectures in the Aula Escola Europea, in addition to contributing to the cultural supplement of La Vanguardia. His first novel, El fin de la Guerra Fría (The End of the Cold War, 2008) was celebrated as "a superb exercise in the recovery of sentiment written with new tools" (Robert Juan-Cantavella). His short stories have been published in The Barcelona Review and in the anthologies Amor global (y otras infamias ) (Global Love [and other ignominies], 2003) and Crossing Barcelona (2007).