Mar García Puig has a degree in English Philology and a Master's degree in Linguistics. She is the author of La historia de los vertebrados (Random House, 2023), winner of the City of Barcelona Prize, the No llegiu Prize, and the Vanity Fair Award for Best New Author; and Esta cosa de tinieblas (Debate). An editor and translator by profession, she has contributed to publications such as El País, La Vanguardia and El Cultural. She gives workshops and lectures on the relationship between literature and madness.