Rafael Ábalos

Rafael Ábalos (born 12 October 1956) is a Spanish author of the bestseller book Grimpow: The Invisible Road (ISBN 0385733747) published in 2007.^[1][2] The children's fantasy novel was about a boy finding a mysterious amulet in France who becomes a focus of a "centuries-old mission" to enlighten humanity.^[2] According to a review in Publishers Weekly, Ábalos "blends the grand-scale storytelling prowess and epic quest element of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings with the cryptographic intrigue of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code", and gave it a positive review.^[2] The book was published by Random House.^[3]

Rafael Ábalos
Rafael Ábalos at the 'Comédie du Livre' of Montpellier, France, 2009.
Born	(1956-10-12) 12 October 1956 (age 68) Archidona, Málaga, Spain
Occupation	Novelist
Language	Spanish
Nationality	Spanish
Genre	Fantasy, Children's Literature
Notable works	Grimpow: The Invisible Road

See also

• Fantasy literature

• Children's literature portal