Nuria C. Botey

Nuria C. Botey holds a doctorate in Social Psychology from the Complutense University of Madrid, a master's degree in Communication and Social Skills for Intervention in Groups from the University of Seville, and has worked as a professor of university studies in Psychology. She has been a member of the Madrid Tertulia of Fantasy Literature (TerMa), of the Spanish Horror Writers Association (Nocte), and of the literary group La Hermandad Poe, coordinated by poet . ==Work==

Botey has collaborated on more than 20 collective works, such as 2005's Visiones (an anthology sponsored by the , Artifex, and ''), and the horror anthologies Paura, La sangre es vida (2010), Taberna Espectral (2011), (2012), and Anatomías Secretas (2013). She is the author of the micro fiction book Circo de Pulgas (2011), later published as Mosquitos en tu alcoba (2014), and the story anthology Vosotros justificáis mi existencia (2012), later Nunca beses a un extraño (2016), for which she received the Nocte Award in 2013. In 2017 she published the novel Plata pura, un lobo hombre en Madrid''. She also participated in the children's story anthology Los terroríficos cuentos de Raxnarín, a solidarity initiative to support integration projects for children affected by spina bifida. Her story "La evolución de la especies" has been translated into French by Marie-Anne Cleden in the anthology Monstres! As Pablo Castro, she has published two erotic novels: Los chicos de la Costa Azul (2007) and Hollywood Life (2008). ==Awards and recognitions==

In 1993, at age 16, Botey won her first award: Alfaguara's Los Nuevos Prize, with her story "Una auténtica pena". included in the compilation of the same name which won the 2013 Nocte Award for Best National Story Anthology. ==References==