Author Biography

Ledicia Costas is a Galician writer who has achieved unanimous praise from critics and audiences alike, ever since the publication of the middle grade novel Escarlatina, the Corpse Cook. This work has received a number of awards (among others, the National Literature Prize in 2015) and has garnered enormous sales success, first in Galicia and then in the rest of Spain, as well as various translations in other countries. The successful prequel Esmeraldina, the Little Ghost and the large format book The Secret Files of Escarlatina, which make up a unique trilogy, have contributed to this success.
Moreover, she is the only Galician author who has two Lazarillo prizes, the oldest award in Spanish literature. The awarded works were the YA novels Jules Verne and the Secret life of the Women Plant and The Ballad of the Unicorns. Born in Vigo, after finishing law school and practicing law for several years, Ledicia abandoned this profession to dedicate herself exclusively to writing, focusing primarily on a children and young adult audience. In her already long career as an author, there are titles such as Jupiter's Heart, (which deals with the subject of school bullying and the dangers of social networks), The Adventures of Extravaganza Pérez, Misses Bubble, or An Alleged Mist.
In 2019 she published Infamy, her first adult novel. Strokes of Light is her second novel for adults.