Ángeles Díaz is a chef and a historian, and owns a restaurant in Asturias. Ángeles Caso has worked in different cultural and media institutions. Her works include El peso de las sombras (1994 Premio Planeta finalist), Un largo silencio (2000 Premio Fernando Lara) and Contra el viento, winner of 2009 Premio Planeta, and is translated into more than 10 languages.