Javier Otaola

Bilbao, 1956

Lawyer, writer, regular contributor to various media outlets, and Grand Master of the Spanish Symbolic Lodge. Since 2002, he has served as the Neighborhood Ombudsman of the city of Vitoria.

He has written the following essays:

La Metáfora masónica. Razón y Sentido (Hiria, 1999)
Laicidad, una estrategia para la libertad (Bellaterra, 2000)
En el umbral de la logia (Tres Puntos, 2003)
He has also written the novel Brocheta de Carne (Hiria, 2003), the first in a trilogy featuring a lesbian detective as the main character.