Gemma Ruiz Palà

‍Gemma Ruiz Palà (Sabadell, 1975) is a Catalan journalist and a writer. She has worked on the news desk at Televisió de Catalunya since 1996, specialising in cultural affairs. Her debut novel, Argelagues (Proa, 2016) became a literary phenomenon with twelve reprints so far and excellent critical reception. Her second novel, Ca la Wenling, was simultaneously published in Catalan (Proa, 2020) and Spanish (Destino, 2020) and has been translated into English (Heloïse Press) and Italian (Voland).  In 2023 she won the best endowed and the most prestigious prize in Catalan Literature, the Sant Jordi Award, for her third novel Les nostres mares (Proa, 2023).‍