Belén Ruiz de Gopegui Durán (born 1963, in Madrid) is a Spanish novelist and screenwriter.

She began her professional career collaborating in the literary sections of various media, including the newspaper El Sol, for which she conducted interviews.

She is the daughter of Margarita Durán Suárez, one of the founders of Amnesty International in Spain, and the aerospace scientist Luis Ruiz de Gopegui, one of the few Spanish astrophysics experts of his generation outside of exile.

She began her professional writing career as a contributor of interviews and book reviews to the literary sections of diverse media outlets.

Two years later, her book La conquista del aire was adapted into a film titled Las razones de mis amigos, directed by Gerardo Herrero and with a screenplay written by Ángeles González-Sinde and Gopegui herself.