Javier Cercas Mena (born 1962 in Ibahernando) is a writer and professor of Spanish literature at the University of Girona, Spain. He was born in Ibahernando, Cáceres, Spain. He is a frequent contributor to the Catalan edition of El País and the Sunday supplement.
Books (In English) in order of publication:
| The Speed of Light | 2005 |
| The Tenant And The Motive | 2006 |
| The Anatomy of a Moment: Thirty-Five Minutes in History and Imagination | 2009 |
| Outlaws | 2012 |
| Lord of All the Dead | 2017 |
