Rafael Gimenez Perry (Ibiza, 1987) is the author of black island. Tales of the mysterious Ibiza (Ibiza editions, 2022). his first book. Rafael's story as a writer begins in the year 2019 when, after several years dedicated to writing different articles in the context of his academic training, first as a political scientist from the Cardenal Herrera University (CEU) from Valencia and later, as a postgraduate at the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom), decides to compile and investigate, to analyze more deeply, the stories about terror and mystery that I had heard so many times with such fascination since I was little..

This love of mystery, as well as his passion for the history and social reality of the island lead him to develop a new hobby, as a writer, through his first book: black island, a compendium of stories. His relationship with literature as a fan has been predominantly essays and journalistic books., something that can be seen in his first work despite also being able to see a clear novelistic intention in some of the stories..

He has resided in different places in Europe, including places as diverse as the United Kingdom and Russia and this has always allowed him to return to Ibiza with an enriched cultural perspective.. He currently resides again on the island, where he continues to combine his cultural hobbies with his work as a police officer, where he maintains direct contact with Ibizan society and who knows if he also, with the mystery.