Patrícia Soley-Beltran has a PhD in sociology from the University of Edinburgh and a degree in cultural history from the University of Aberdeen. She is the author of two academic books and numerous scientific publications in indexed journals. As an essayist and disseminator, she has been awarded the Anagrama Essay Prize for ¡Divinas! Modelos, poder y mentiras (2015) and the I María María Morales Morales Journalism Prize for "Política eres tú" (El País Semanal, 2015). As a fiction writer, she has won the 1st. 420 Characters Prize for unes Relacions d'Igualtat from the Catalan Institute of Women and the 1st Puig de Missa XXI Poetry Prize. She worked as a model and actress (1979-1989), presented the innovative music program Pop Stock (TV3, 1983) and the in-depth interview program Terrícoles (Betevé 2016-2017) in her early career. She regularly collaborates with El País, La Vanguardia, VEIN and Cadena SER.
