Elena Garcia is a Spanish crime writer and former investigative journalist from Valencia. After studying journalism at the Universitat de València, she spent a decade reporting on corruption and urban development scandals along the Mediterranean coast, work that earned her threats, a stack of court summonses, and a lasting fascination with records, waterfronts, and the secrets money tries to seal. She later completed an MSc in criminology in Barcelona and taught narrative nonfiction workshops for young reporters.
Garcia's fiction blends forensic detail with sensuous Mediterranean atmosphere. Her earlier novels, Salt and Rust (2016) and The Narrow Light (2019), drew praise across Spain and Latin America; The Narrow Light was shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger (international edition) and was a finalist for the Premio Dashiell Hammett at Semana Negra de Gijón. She lives in Valencia's El Cabanyal district with a rescue greyhound and too many archival boxes.
