Salvador Macip, MD, is a doctor, researcher and writer who has been working in the field of oncological research since 1998. He spent almost ten years in New York. He is presently senior lecturer in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Leicester, United Kingdom where he leads a research group on cancer and aging. He is living with his wife and son. He has published novels, stories, reportage, popular science and children's books. He is a member of the Association of Catalan Language Writers (AELC).