Elena Belmonte Salmón is a writer of prose and plays, a teacher of creative writing and an editor. Her works include The Vain (Los vanidosos), Clara, no Joke (Clara sin burla), Dance of Bones (Baile de huesos), The Wound (La herida) and The Mechanics of Resentment (La mecánica del rencor). She has also written monologues including Windows (Ventanas), Years of Water (Años de agua), A Responsible Guy (Un tipo responsable), No One is to Blame (Nadie tiene la culpa), Molly, my Molly (Molly, mi Molly) and Persephone Smokes (Perséfone fuma).