Pablo Aranda Ruiz (26 April 1968 – 1 August 2020) was a Spanish writer. He was born in Málaga and studied Spanish philology at university. A tireless traveller, he worked in a number of professions, including teaching at a juvenile correctional facility and teaching Spanish at the University of Oran in Algeria. His first novel La otra ciudad was published in 2003. It won the for best first novel and was also nominated for the . His other works include Desprendimiento de rutina (Arguval, 2003) which won the and Ucrania (Destino, 2006) which won the .