Jesús del Campo (Gijón, 1956) has a doctorate in Philology from the University of Oviedo, where he has worked as a professor of English Language and Literature. He has translated several crime novel authors and classics of English literature, such as Dickens' A Christmas Carol, into Spanish. Since the appearance of his acclaimed first novel, The Clandestine Diaries of Snow White (2001), he has published travel books, novels, and story collections that have been translated into several languages.