Elvira Lindo studied journalism and has been a radio host for Spanish Public Radio. She wrote scripts for SER Radio Station and several television programs. It was in these scripts that the character of Manolito Gafotas first appeared and continues to enjoy tremendous success ever since the first book of the series was published in 1994. For a younger audience she has published a total of five books, whose main protagonists are Olivia and her Bosom Friends which appeared in 2000. Then there are her adult books, El otro barrio (The other Neighbourhood) and Algo más inesperado que la muerte (Something far more unexpected than death); a piece for the theater, La ley de la selva (The Law of the Jungle), as well as her lively chronicles for El Pais' summer supplement Tinto de verano (Summer Wine), El mundo es un pañuelo (The World is a Handkerchief), and Otro verano contigo (Another Summer with you). In 2005 she received the Biblioteca Breve Award for her novel Una palabra tuya (A Word from You), whose cinematographic version has already been premiered in the cinema. She has also written a number of movie scripts. Winner of the Premio Nacional de Literatura Juvenil in 1998, she is regular contributor in the El País, Spain’s leading newspaper.