Felix J. Palma has been acclaimed by critics as one of the most brilliant and original storytellers of our time. His devotion to the short story genre has earned him more than a hundred awards. "The Map of Time", his first book to be published in the United States, was an instant "New York Times "bestseller and received the prestigious 2008 Ateneo de Sevila XL Prize. It has been published in more than thirty countries. "The Map of the Sky", the second book in the trilogy, also received rave reviews. Palma lives in Spain.