Francesc Miralles

Francesc Miralles grew up in Barcelona, studied journalism and German philology, and worked as an editor and translator before he began writing full time. His first books were for young readers, and he has since written novels, essays and self-help in Catalan and Spanish.

Love in Lowercase (2006), a novel about a lonely professor whose life changes when a stray cat walks in, became his best-known fiction and was translated into more than twenty languages. He has also written about music, which he reviews and composes, and about wellbeing, often with a co-author.

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life (2016), written with Héctor García, came from interviews with centenarians in a village in Okinawa and became a worldwide bestseller. The two have followed it with The Ikigai Journey, The Book of Ichigo Ichie and Wabi Sabi. Miralles lives in Barcelona.