Núria Pradas i Andreu (born 1 September 1954) is a Spanish Catalan philologist and writer. She began her literary career in the field of children's and youth literature. She is the author of an extensive literary production in this field as well as in adult fiction. Biography Núria Pradas i Andreu was born in Barcelona, 1 September 1954, in neighborhood of El Poblenou. Her love of reading led her to study Catalan Philology at the University of Barcelona, graduating in 1980. Immediately, she began working there as a Catalan Language and Literature teacher. It was in Sant Feliu de Llobregat, where she lived for a long time, that her career began in amateur theatre, specifically in the company, which served as an experience for her to later direct youth theater groups and also to write her own plays. She also collaborated with Borràs in the theater group L'Ull de Bou of Sant Esteve Sesrovires. From theater, she moved on to narrative and in 1995, she published her first book, Sol d'hivern, with which she began her career in children's and youth literature. In 2012, she was awarded the for Sota el mateix cel. In 2014, she published her first novel for adults, La Noia de la Biblioteca, which was followed by Somnis a mida (2016), translated into more than ten languages, and L'aroma del temps (2018). In 2020, she won the Ramon Llull Novel Award with Tota una vida per recuerdo, a novel set in the U.S. during the 1930s, focused on the world of cartoons. Among her latest youth novels, can be noted, Ella (2020) and El cant del cigne (2022), while her latest novel for an adult audience is La vida secreta de Sylvia Nolan (Ed. Fate, 2022). Awards and honours Premio Ferran Canyameres for Parella de Dames (1996) Premio Carmesina for La Princesa Pomèlia (1998) Premio Ciutat d'Olot for A carn, a carn! (2002) Premio Agna Canalies Mestres (2009) Premio Carlemany (2012) Premio Ramon Llull for Tota una vida per recordar (2020) Selected works Children's and youth literature 1995: Sol d'hivern, Ed. Baula 1995: Lior, Ed. Cruïlla 1995: L'extraordinària píndola rosa, Ed. Cruïlla 1996: La batalla de la sopa, Ed. Baula 1996: Un estiu amb l'Anna, Ed. Cruïlla 1996: Posa una tieta Adela a la teva vida, Ed. Baula 1996: Parella de dames, Ed. Baula 1997: Algú ha vist en Puck?, Ed. Cruïlla 1998: Simfonia per a