Alice Kellen

Invitado de Honor

(Valencia, 1989) is a lover of cats, art and endless visits to bookstores. She loves experiencing the characters and emotions she tries to capture on paper.

Her novels Donde todo brilla, La teoría de los archipiélagos, El mapa de los anhelos, Tú y yo, invencibles, Las alas de Sophie, Nosotros en la luna and the duology Deja que ocurra have fascinated over two million readers.

Joana Marcús

Invitado de Honor

(Mallorca, 2000)

She is a Spanish writer of fantasy, science fiction and youth romance. Thanks to the success of her novels, she stopped working in the hospitality industry and began to devote her time to university. She currently divides her time between her Psychology studies and promoting her books.

She began as a writer on the Wattpad digital reading and writing platform at the age of 13. Today, she is the only Spanish writer in the top global rankings. In 2021, with Antes de diciembre, she became one of the youngest writers to achieve international sales success. That same year, Antes de diciembre ranked among the ten best-selling novels in various countries. In 2022, she was the best-selling author just behind the Harry Potter books.

She has published Antes de diciembre (2021), Ciudades de humo (2022), Ciudades de cenizas (2022), Ciudades de fuego (2022), Después de diciembre (2022), Tres meses (2023), Las luces de febrero (2023) and Etéreo (2024).

She has received the award Premio Un Año for best young adult literature for Antes de diciembre (2022), the award Premio Libro de Oro for children's and young adult literature for Después de diciembre (2023) and the award Premi Diario de Mallorca Cultura (2023).

Raquel Castro

(Mexico City, 1976) is a writer, screenwriter, journalist and cultural promoter. In 2012, she won the Premio de Novela Juvenil Gran Angular with her first novel, Ojos llenos de sombra, and in 2022 she received a special mention in the Cuatrogatos Foundation Awards for her short story collection El ataque de los zombis (parte mil quinientos), published by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in its first young adult literature series, Hilo de Aracne.

Her other works include the young adult novels Exiliados (2013), Lejos de casa (2013), Dark Doll (2014), Un beso en tu futuro (2017) and El método infalible para ligarte a quien tú quieras (2021); the essay Cambiamos para ser más como somos (2017), and the storybooks ¡Pirañas del mundo, uníos! (2017) and Playlist (2023). With Alberto Chimal she co-wrote the writing manual Cómo escribir tu propia historia (2018) and the novel El club de las niñas fantasma (2021).

In 2024, she wrote the fiction podcast El corazón de la Vía Láctea, produced by Loqueleo and available on Spotify. She runs a YouTube channel dedicated to literature and outreach (www.youtube.com/AlbertoyRaquelMx) and her own literary blog at www.raxxie.com.

Other activities involving the participant:

Drawing the world: the invention of books
Science fiction written by women