Maria Escalas (Mallorca, 1969) trained as a musician and continues to make music, in addition to her literary work.

Her first novel, Abans que el teu record torni cendra (Ara Llibres, 2016), won the Llança de Sant Jordi award (Òmnium Cultural) and was a finalist for the Sant Joan award in 2015. Later on, Sara i els silencis (Ara libres, 2018) was nominated for the Best Novel of the Year award by Òmnium Cultural. Escalas is also author of Estimada Mirta (Ara Llibres, 2021). Her latest novel is Matilde E. (La Campana/PRH, 2024), that received the City of Palma Award 2023, an instant bestseller that makes us reflect on the place women have occupied in the past and occupy now in the history of art, and in life.