Nuria Calderón García-Botey (born 8 March 1977), known professionally as Nuria C. Botey, is a Spanish

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, and

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writer.

Biography

Nuria C. Botey holds a doctorate in Social Psychology from the

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, a master's degree in Communication and Social Skills for Intervention in Groups from the

University of Seville The University of Seville (''Universidad de Sevilla'') is a university in Seville, Spain. Founded under the name of ''Colegio Santa María de Jesús'' in 1505, it has a present student body of over 69.200, and is one of the top-ranked universi ...

, and has worked as a professor of university studies in Psychology. She has been a member of the Madrid

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of Fantasy Literature (TerMa), of the Spanish Horror Writers Association (Nocte), and of the literary group La Hermandad Poe, coordinated by poet . She has also written children's literature and erotic novels on

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topics, under the pseudonym Pablo Castro.

Work

Botey has collaborated on more than 20 collective works, such as 2005's ''Visiones'' (an anthology sponsored by the , ''Artifex'', and '), and the horror anthologies ''Paura, La sangre es vida'' (2010), ''Taberna Espectral'' (2011), ' (2012), and ''Anatomías Secretas'' (2013). She is the author of the micro fiction book ''Circo de Pulgas'' (2011), later published as ''Mosquitos en tu alcoba'' (2014), and the story anthology ''Vosotros justificáis mi existencia'' (2012), later ''Nunca beses a un extraño'' (2016), for which she received the Nocte Award in 2013. In 2017 she published the novel ''Plata pura, un lobo hombre en Madrid''. She also participated in the children's story anthology ''Los terroríficos cuentos de Raxnarín'', a solidarity initiative to support integration projects for children affected by

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. Her story "La evolución de la especies" has been translated into French by Marie-Anne Cleden in the anthology ''Monstres!'' As Pablo Castro, she has published two erotic novels: ''Los chicos de la Costa Azul'' (2007) and ''Hollywood Life'' (2008).

Awards and recognitions

In 1993, at age 16, Botey won her first award:

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's Los Nuevos Prize, with her story "Una auténtica pena". She was also the first woman to win the for Fantasy Short Story (2003), with the work ''Dancing with an Angel''. The following year, she won the 17th Clarín Short Story Award with "Vosotros justificáis mi existencia", included in the compilation of the same name which won the 2013 Nocte Award for Best National Story Anthology. In 2014, she was recognized by ''Ultratumba'' magazine for the best story appearing in the anthology ''Anatomías Secretas''. "Suburbano" won fourth place in the 4th Solidaridad Obrera "Un metro de 350 palabras" Short Story Prize in 2006. "Taquillera" also won the second prize in the award's 6th edition in 2008.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Botey, Nuria C. 1977 births Complutense University of Madrid alumni Horror writers Living people 21st-century Spanish women writers Pseudonymous women writers Spanish fantasy writers Spanish science fiction writers Spanish women short story writers Spanish short story writers University of Seville alumni Women horror writers Writers from Madrid 21st-century pseudonymous writers