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Miqui Otero debuted in 2010 with the acclaimed novel Hilo musical (Alpha Decay, 2010), winner of the FNAC New Talent Award, and two years later came La cápsula del tiempo (Blackie Books, 2012), Rockdelux book of the year.

He has written regularly in media such as El País and Cultura/s La Vanguardia and is now a columnist for El Periódico. He also teaches journalism and literature at the UAB. With Rayos (Blackie Books, 2016), considered by the critics “one of the great novels of Barcelona”, along with Simón (Blackie Books, 2020) that became an international bestseller.


His latest novel to date is the highly awaited Orquesta (Alfaguara, 2024), an impressive novel as heartwarming as a summer night.

© Elena Blanco

Miqui OTERO


© Elena Blanco

Miqui Otero debuted in 2010 with the acclaimed novel Hilo musical (Alpha Decay, 2010), winner of the FNAC New Talent Award, and two years later came La cápsula del tiempo (Blackie Books, 2012), Rockdelux book of the year.

He has written regularly in media such as El País and Cultura/s La Vanguardia and is now a columnist for El Periódico. He also teaches journalism and literature at the UAB. With Rayos (Blackie Books, 2016), considered by the critics “one of the great novels of Barcelona”, along with Simón (Blackie Books, 2020) that became an international bestseller.


His latest novel to date is the highly awaited Orquesta (Alfaguara, 2024), an impressive novel as heartwarming as a summer night.