Rubèn Montañà was born in Badalona in 1983. Actor, writer and playwright, he graduated from Acting at the Institut del Teatre de Barcelona. He has published a number of children’s and young adult books, including La nena de l’arbre (La Galera, Josep Maria Folch i Torres Award in 2013), La botiga de mascotes extraordinàries (Barcanova, 13^th Barcanova Children’s Literature award), Atac llimac (Llibres del Segle, 44^th Young Adult Literature Award by the City of Olot), Una setmana endimoniada (Barcanova) and El bolígraf de Higgs (Animallibres). Together with Toni Sans, he has co-written the following novels: En Benjamí i el semàfor que mai no es posava verd (Barcanova, Guillem Cifre de Colonya Award in 2016), En Benjamí i la bústia que escopia les cartes (Barcanova) and La Maranyota (Animallibres), as well as the following plays: El crim de Lord Arthur Savile, Happy love o love story?, La casa sota la sorra and Ruddigore o la nissaga maleïda. He co-founded the theatre company EGOS teatre, where he has worked as an actor as well as a member of the creative team for several shows. He was one of the scriptwriters and hosts in the cultural TV show Carràrius (BAUSAN Films and TVE), broadcasted on TVE2 Catalunya.