José A. Garriga Vela is a regular contributor to several newspapers and magazines. He is the author of several books of short stories and plays. As a novelist, he has written Una visión del jardÃn (1985), Muntaner 38 (Jaén Prize Novel 1996; Debate, 1997), El vendedor de rosas (Destino, 2000), Los que no están (Anagrama, 2002; Alfonso GarcÃa Ramos Prize), and  PacÃfico (Anagrama, 2008, Dulce Chacón Award 2009).
His latest novel, El cuarto de las estrellas (Siruela, February 2014) was the winner of the Café Gijón Novel Prize 2013.