TV scriptwriters Agustín Martínez, Jorge Díaz and Antonio Mercero dropped the bombshell that they were actually behind the pseudonym Carmen Mola while accepting the prestigious $1.2 million Planeta literary prize in front of King Felipe VI of Spain in Barcelona on Friday.

“Carmen Mola is not, like all the lies we’ve been telling, a university professor,” Díaz said after accepting the prize, per the Financial Times.

In previous interviews, Mola has been depicted as a married mother-of-three university professor in her late 40s from Madrid who taught during the day, wrote gruesome thrillers by night and wanted to keep out of the spotlight.