Irene Zoe Alameda

She previously studied Hispanic philology at Complutense University of Madrid and spent four semesters as Erasmus at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, where she was later hired as a lecturer of Spanish.

Últimos días de Warla Alkman[17] (Edhasa, 2013), and the essay books The Neopicaresque Novel in the Post-War Era (Michigan University Press, 2004) and Artista y Criminal[18] (Castalia, 2011).

Her novel Itinerant Dreams was critically acclaimed and the author was said to show “portentous registries, incommensurate ambition, unstoppable verbal potential and an invisible style capable of depicting the mental unhinging of our time” (Francisco Solano, EL PAÍS).

It combines traditional literary texts, music, videos, bidi codes and internet links to actual sites, all created by a single author.

In her latest interview about the novel, the writer Irene Zoe Alameda explained that using a pseudonism was a real attempt to eliminate the barriers between truth and fiction.

As she explained, this is why she combined new techniques of expression, and decided to create alter egos as real characters, including the pop star Galatha[21] and the best-selling writer Amy Martin.

[22] This pathbreaking multimedia novel was launched in two public events held at FNAC in Madrid and Barcelona in January 2014, with the participation of Juan Cruz, the deputy director of El Pais, and the writer David Barba.

For example, José Romero Barea wrote in Luz Cultural[24] that "Irene Zoe Alameda belongs to that family of authors who need to break free of the limitations of the literary tradition".

She explained that this was part of a performance to create real characters and go beyond the limits of reality and fiction, in her forthcoming new novel "WA, últimos días de Warla Alkman".

[32] As Amy Martin, she had also coauthored the book 55 Terms For Progress / 55 Términos Para El Progreso (Spain, Fundación Ideas, 2011) and collaborated with newspaper Público.

A new single called Mad City[36] and a new video[37] were released in December 2014 ), as part of their new album The Future Maker which was presented in February 2015, and given for free download to fans on Valentine's Day.

According to Onda Pop radio conductor Jesús María López, "Galatha's cold and robotic voice combines perfectly with Reber's retro-futuristic rhythm, which features the most intimate Beck and the most dazzling vibe of The Killers".