Norberto Luis Romero, narrator of Argentine origin, was born in Córdoba in 1951. Living in Madrid since 1975, he has published five novels: Signs of decomposition, The hidden side of the night, The night of the Zeppelin, Island of sirens and Ceremony of masks. and five books of stories: Transgressions, Lullaby for a housefly, The moment of the unicorn, The Last Night Carnival and The Arrival of the Autumn in Constantinople, published in Spain and the United States. He has also written more than a hundred stories that have appeared in anthologies and literary magazines in Spain and other countries. Both his short stories and his novels have received praiseworthy criticism in the specialized press and are very well received by readers, who consider him a "cult writer", both for his direct and agile style and for his unconventional theme. and very risky.