Rafael Balanzá (Alicante, 1969) living in Murcia since 1986. In January 2002 he founded the magazine El Kraken, whose career has been extended until February 2009, over 27 numbers. Arrabal said it was definitely the best magazine in Europe. In 2007, he encouraged by fellow writer Manuel Moyano His literary discoverer, published trivial crimes, a collection of stories very well received by critics. Slow murderers is his first novel.