Jon Bilbao (Ribadesella, 1972) is a mining engineer and holds a degree in English Philology. He is the author of the short story books Como una historia de terror (2008; Ojo Crítico Narrative Award), Bajo el influjo del cometa (2010; Tigre Juan Award and Euskadi Literature Award) and Física familiar (2014); as well as the novels El hermano de las moscas (2008), Padres, hijos y primates (2011; Otras Voces, Otros Ámbitos Award) and Shakespeare y la ballena blanca (2013). His stories are included in anthologies such as Siglo XXI. Los nuevos nombres del cuento español actual (2010), Pequeñas resistencias V (2010) and Cuento español actual (1992-2012) (2014). At Impedimenta, he has published the story volume Estrómboli (2016), the triptych El silencio y los crujidos (2018), Basilisco (2020), a western-style anthology that received the Navarra Bookstores Award, the novella Los extraños (2021), Araña (2023) and Matamonstruos (2024) where he brings back the characters from Basilisco, Araña, and Los extraños in a collection of stories that alternate between past and present, fiction and reality. He currently resides in Bilbao.
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