Albert Plans (Sabadell, 1970) is a screenwriter and screenwriting professor at the University of Lleida. In the field of television, he has been co-creator and scriptwriter of Porca Misèria (Ondas Award) and scriptwriter of the Plats Bruts (Ondas Award), Ventdelplà and Kubala, Moreno i Manchon series, among others. In the field of cinema, he is co-writer of Fènix 11 · 23 ("400 Colpi" award for the best film at the Vittorio Veneto Film Festival) and of several short films. He is also the author of the theatrical work Diumenge tarda (Audience Award at the Barcelona Theater Festival). La segona estrella is his first novel.