Pablo Aranda (Málaga, 1968 – Málaga, 2020) was a novelist, a journalist and a tireless traveler. He devoted his time exclusively to writing, both books and articles for several publications. He was the author of the following children’s fiction titles: Fede quiere ser pirata (Anaya, 2012 – City of Malaga Children’s Literature Prize), the follow-up to Fede’s adventures, El colegio más raro del mundo (Anaya, 2014) and De viaje por el mundo (Anaya, 2017).
Among his novels for adults, one should mention: La otra ciudad (Espasa Calpe, 2003 -shortlisted for the Primavera Prize and winner of the 10th Andalusian Critics’ Prize to the best debut novel), El orden improbable (Espasa, 2004), Ucrania (Destino, 2006 – winner of the Málaga Award), Los soldados (El Aleph, 2013), El protegido (Malpaso, 2015) and La distancia (Malpaso, summer 2018)

His latest work was the children’s book Casas del mundo (Anaya Infantil y Juvenil, fall 2018). And the novel La distancia (Malpaso, 2018) was his latest work of adult fiction.

In 2021 it was published the posthumous YA novel El mundo del revés (Edebé, 2021).