| Rafael Ábalos | |
| Birth Date: | 12 October 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Archidona, Málaga, Spain |
| Occupation: | Novelist |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Nationality: | Spanish |
| Genre: | Fantasy, Children's Literature |
| Notableworks: | Grimpow: The Invisible Road |
Rafael Ábalos (born 12 October 1956) is a Spanish author of the bestseller book Grimpow: The Invisible Road published in 2007.[1] [2] The children's fantasy novel was about a boy finding a mysterious amulet in France who becomes a focus of a "centuries-old mission" to enlighten humanity.[2] According to a review in Publishers Weekly, Ábalos "blends the grand-scale storytelling prowess and epic quest element of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings with the cryptographic intrigue of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code", and gave it a positive review.[2] The book was published by Random House.[3]