Lluís Prats

Lluís Prats was born in Terrassa in 1966 and studied Art and Archaeology at the UAB and the University of Girona. He worked in historical research, taught in secondary schools, edited art books, and directed a film production company in Los Angeles.

He has published over twenty books, from young adult fiction to historical essays. His novel Hachiko won the Josep M. Folch i Torres Prize (2014) and the prestigious Strega Ragazzi Award (2018), and has sold over 300,000 copies worldwide. He later received the Ramon Muntaner Prize and a second Folch i Torres for Querido monstruo (2019), the Carlemany Prize for Archie, the Boy Who Spoke to Elephants (2020), and a third Folch i Torres Prize for Wen i Long (2023).