Martin Simonson is a Swedish scholar, novelist, and translator specializing in fantasy literature and science fiction. He teaches at the University of the Basque Country in Spain and is mainly known for being the translator of some of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien into Spanish. He holds a Ph.D. in English literature and, in addition to publishing fantasy novels and various books and articles on Tolkien’s works, has written and edited books on fantasy, science fiction, Western American literature, and Gothic horror, and translated novels, plays, and graphic novels from English, Swedish, and Norwegian into Spanish.