Jordi Font-Agustí, born in Badalona in 1955, is the author of several novels, including Contracorrent [Against the Current] (El lector de l’Odissea Prize 2000), Traficants de llegendes [Legend Traffickers] (UPC Science Fiction Award 2003), La febre del vapor [The Steam Fever] (Manuel de Pedrolo Prize 2010 and Ictineu Prize 2012) and L’herència japonesa [The Japanese Inheritance]. He is a member of the SCCFF and a passionate railway enthusiast, with essays such as Erotismo y ferrocarril [Eroticism and Railways] and El ferrocarril en les arts i la literatura catalanes [Railways in Catalan Arts and Literature]. He also runs the blog arteyferrocarril.blogspot.com.