Francisco Castro Veloso was born in Vigo in 1966 and has been listening to the Beatles since long before he could walk. He is a writer and editor. He is currently the General Director of Editorial Galaxia, a member of the Thought section of the Consello da Cultura Galega, and a political analyst for the public Television and Radio of Galicia. He also writes for the Galician and Catalan press. He has published more than twenty books, mainly novels, and has been translated into various languages, including Italian, Serbian, Brazilian and English. Three of his books have been included in the prestigious IBBY lists, which every two years makes an international selection of the best books in the world for children and young people. He has also won the most important prizes in Galician literature, both literary and journalistic. Since 2003 he has given literary workshops. He published, in the collection Guías del Escritor (Writer's Guides) at Alba Editorial, the books "Cómo buscar tu estilo literario" and "La mirada del escritor" (How to find your literary style) and "La mirada del escritor" (The writer's gaze).