Living in Toulouse, France, Moroccan-Spanish author Laila Karrouch turns to books as soon as she finishes her hospital duties. A nursing assistant by profession, she sees literature as a space for introspection and transcendence. Born in the Nador region to a conservative family and raised in Vic, Catalonia, she discovered her passion for writing in 2004, a pursuit that has allowed her to reconcile the personal with the social.