Jesús de Aragón (1893–1973) was a Spanish writer of works in the fantasy and science fiction genres, sometimes with a gothic flair.
[1] He is often called the "Spanish Jules Verne" because of some thematic similarities he had with the French author, though Aragón's actual style was more heavily pulp-like, influenced by American pulps via Spanish-language translations of American series like The Shadow and Doc Savage books.
As a young man, Aragón was known to have beautiful handwriting, and found work as a professional scribe, copying whole books by hand.
In 1924, these articles brought him to the attention of a book editor who hired him to work on the manuscript for The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks by Spanish novelist Emilio Carrere (which would later go on to become a film of the same name).
[1][4][5] While Aragón wouldn't be credited for any creative work on the novel, this would still lead him to his own publishing contract, and in that same year he wrote two novels of his own in quick succession: Viaje al fondo del océano (Journey to the bottom of the ocean) and Cuarenta mil kilómetros a bordo del aeroplano "Fantasmo" (Forty Thousand Kilometers Aboard the Airplane Fantasma).