Alfredo Gómez Cerdá

Alfredo Gómez Cerdá is from Madrid and began publishing in the early 1980s. He has published over 100 children’s and young adult books, as well as some plays. He has won many literary awards, including Altea, El Barco de Vapor, Ala Delta, Gran Angular, and ASSITEJ-Spain for theater. In 2008, he received the Cervantes Chico Prize for his entire body of work, followed by the National Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature in 2009. His books have also been honored in Italy and Germany and translated into many languages.