Najat El Hachmi (Nador, 1979) was born in Morocco and moved to Spain when she was eight years old. She has a degree in Arab Studies from the University of Barcelona.

Among her published works, one should mention her novels L’últim patriarca (Planeta, 2008), a debut that won the Ramon Llull Prize and the Prix Ulysse, La filla estrangera (Edicions 62-Destino, 2015 – winner of the Sant Joan Novel Award and the Barcelona City Award), Mare de llet i de mel, (Edicions 62, 2018) and El lunes nos querrán (Destino-Edicions 62, 2021) that received the prestigious Nadal Novel Award. All of them have been widely translated.

Her latest published work of fiction is La caçadora de cossos o l’ansietat del desig (Destino-Edicions 62, 2026), a novel on the contradictions on the female body and desire in a completely rewritten and mature version.