Miquel Molina is a journalist and writer. As deputy editor of La Vanguardia, he writes a weekly opinion column on culture and cities every Sunday. He has also worked for the newspapers Segre, El Periódico de Aragón and El Periódico de Catalunya. He is the author of the novels Una flor del mal and La sonámbula. He has written the essays L’Everest a l’hora punta, Naturaleza muerta, Alerta Barcelona and Proyecto Barcelona. He is also the author of the literary non-fiction books Cinco horas en Venecia and Una semana en la Riviera. In 2010, he won the award for non-sexist journalism presented by the Associació de Dones Periodistes de Catalunya.