Ángeles Caso was born in Gijón in 1959 and has a degree in History of Art. She has worked in various different cultural and media institutions. Her previous works include: "Elisabeth, emperatriz de Austria-Hungría o el hada maldita", the story of a great woman who defied her times; "El peso de las sombras" (A 1994 Planeta Prize finalist), a majestic tale of love and frustration; "El mundo visto desde el cielo", a parable of love and inspiration and "El resto de la vida", a novel about the vagaries of identity and the strength of desire. "Un largo silencio" (Winner of the 2000 Fernando Lara prize) is now seen as a milestone in writing about the recuperation of historical memory and has gone into numerous editions. She wrote the biography "Giuseppe Verdi. La intensa vida de un genio", the essay "Las olvidadas. Una historia de mujeres creadoras" as well as film scripts, translations and books for children.