Lawrence Schimel (New York, 1971) is an award-winning, full-time author, writing in both Spanish and English, based in Madrid, Spain, who has published over 130 books in a wide range of genres, for both children and adults. His writings have been translated into over sixty languages, including Welsh, Scots, Icelandic, Maltese, Farsi, Kurdish, Basque, Luxembourgish, Changana, Romansch, and Xhosa. In addition to his own writing, he is a prolific literary translator, primarily into English and into Spanish, who has published over 160 books. He is the former Editorial Director of children’s publisher Ediciones NorteSur, and is the founder and publisher of poetry press A Midsummer Night’s Press. He served 2 terms as co-chair of the Publishing Triangle, the organization of LGBTQ+ publishing professionals in the USA, and also founded the Spain chapter of the Society of Children’s Books Writers & Illustrators and served as Regional Advisor during five years.