title: José Miguel Vilar-Bou
text: # José Miguel Vilar-Bou
  
  José Miguel Vilar-Bou (born April 5, 1979, Alfafar, Valencia) is a contemporary Spanish novelist, short story writer, and journalist, specializing in horror fiction, science-fiction and fantasy. His work has been awarded with several prizes in literary competitions. His novel Alarido de Dios [The Cry of God] was a finalist for the Awards Celsius 2010 and his short story "El laberinto de la araña" ["The Spider's Labyrinth"] received in the same year the Nocte Award for the best Spanish horror story. In the Spanish Historia natural de los cuentos de miedo [Natural History of the Weird Tales], because of the "expeditious and accurate in its proposal", critic José L. Fernández Arellano mentioned this author's story "La luz encendida" as leading among the young writers' of the genre of horror in Spain.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Vilar-Bou has lived in Italy, Belgium, Serbia, and London. As a journalist he has worked for several magazines and media, especially in the fields of events and current affairs, covering topics such as the war in the Balkans, drug trafficking and violent far-right groups. He worked in the newspaper El Mundo, in the edition of Valencia, into the section of events and courts, which, says the writer, deeply marked his literature; he also worked in the newspapers Diario de Valencia and Levante, especially on social issues. He also collaborated in the magazine Babylon, and the Babylon Radio program of Radio Exterior de España, Radio Nacional de España (RNE), and Agencia EFE. He has also occasionally written for the newspaper El País and, today, usually in eldiario.es.
  
  Vilar-Bou has published primarily novels and stories generally of fantastic subject. His works have appeared in various magazines and anthologies, as Calabazas en el Trastero, EP3 y El Viajero (El País), Galaxia, Babylon Magazine, Historias asombrosas... His stories have been translated into English and Serbian.
  
  