Martí Domínguez holds a doctorate in biological sciences and is head of the research journal Mètode at the University of Valencia. He combines his research as a naturalist, which has led him to work in museums in Paris, Canberra and Washington, with writing novels and contributing as a journalist to the weekly El Temps and the daily newspapers El País, Levante and Avui. His debut novel, The Secrets of the Duke of Buffoon (1997), was very well received by critics and won several awards.
