Kalilu Jammeh 1973, Jirong, Gambia. Once finished High School, he worked in a hotel for four years. In August 2002 he decided to come to Europe looking for new opportunities and, perhaps, studying History and Political Science in England.
Karlos Arguiñano has gained a reputation for his work in promoting good cooking over the last twenty years.
The author is a Finn who has lived in Barcelona since 2004 and is an excellent example of the dynamic generation of Scandinavian writers who have burst onto the literary scene from their remote northern villages. Maybe the harsh climate or the liberal customs on issues such as sex or relations between children and parents help them understand the inner thoughts of adolescents and see ways to overcome the darkest of inner shadows.
Kike Anzizu was born in 1942 in Barcelona and studied Business Studies for three years. He joined a network of industrial cooperatives, worked in an advertising agency and dedicated himself to his hobby, photography. In 1967 he discovered Formentera. He travelled through Spain, Morocco, Mauritania, Chad, Europe and the Middle East. He learned the jewellery trade in Copenhagen. In 1974 he started a family and worked as an artistic director in leisure centres in Barcelona such as the 57 year old Sala de Fiestas Bikini.
Kiko Pérez is an illustrator with a wide range of experience, both in the world of cartoons and animation. The comic, ironic and satirical strips in 'Como borregos' first came out twice weekly on the Antena 3 TV channel's website.
Born in 1987, Kilian Jornet spent his early years in the Cap del Rec mountain refuge, and was interested in skiing and mountaineering from a young age. By five years old he had already achieved the ascent of Aneto and the Posets. At ten years old he completed the entire crossing of the Pyrenees. He is currently four times skyrunning world champion and twice UTMB world champion (Ultra-Trail Mont Blanc, 2008 & 2009) amongst other achievements in both mountain racing and skiing. His record equals that of sportsmen and women in any discipline.
Kim is a comic strip artist, was part of the underground movement (still under Franco), and started out in 'Vibraciones' (1976); she went on to become a regular fixture in the weekly satirical sketch El jueves with her indispensable Martínez, el Facha.
Born in Vizcaya in 1970, Uribe graduated with a degree in Basque Philology and completed his post-graduate studies in Comparative Literature in Trento.