Juan Guillén Buzarán (Cartagena 29 September 1819 - Madrid, 8 January 1892) was a Spanish military officer,[1] writer and literary collaborator in the press of the time.[2] Author of Historia anecdótica de la corte de Felipe III, Fray Pablo de Salamanca, and La torre de los espíritus.[3] He moved to Madrid in 1833, where he studied at San Fulgencio de Murcia, joining the Spanish army from 1839 until 1859.[3]