Lola Robles

Lola Robles, born September 17, 1963, in Madrid, is a Spanish science fiction writer.

She defines herself as feminist, pacifist and queer.

Biography As a teenager, she imagined a planet where everyone was intelligent and handsome and able to negotiate and agree peacefully on any action. It was loosely inspired by Ursula K Le Guin's The Dispossessed. This planet became Concordia much later.

She studied Spanish philology but worked professionally in other fields. Between 1987 and 2002, she worked as clerk and as a civil servant until her vision faltered and obliged her to retire.

She contributed to Clara Obligado's literary workshops during five years. From 1986 to 2002, she worked at the where she coordinated cultural events, conferences and workshops, while also managing the budgets and financial aspects. In 1994, she was one of the founders of the Library and documentation networks for women. Her works appeared in anthologies, among which Ábreme con cuidado (, 2015), where she wrote a text inspired by the writer Carson McCullers.

She has been teaching the Fantastikas workshop, in which she analyzed the contribution of authors and readers to fantasy and science fiction from a feminist perspective. Fantastikas is also the name given to her blog, which she updates with reviews of the books she has been reading.

Description of her literary works Robles published her first novel in 1999, when women female science fiction writers in Spain were scarce, with Elia Barceló leading. However, the hypermasculinized tropes in science fiction literature evolved towards a naturalness in dealing with gender and identity issues that she believes her generation lacked. awarded in 2020 by PÓRTICO, Asociación Española de Fantasía, Ciencia Ficción y Terror, for her contribution to the world of science fiction.