Joan Daròs studied Dramatic Art and English Philology, and has worked in theater, film and television. Before embarking on this first and award-winning novel, he made his first steps in the field of translation (Matthew López’s The Inheritance and Adam Zmith’s Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures). 

Biting the Orchid is his debut novel, in the style of “The White Lotus”, Winner of the First Asterisco Prize for Queer Narrative.