Josep Maria Tarragona is an Industrial Engineer (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) and holds a degree in Journalism (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). His career as an author and historian has produced several monographs and articles about Gaudí.

Tarragona has published several books, including: Vidal i Barraquer, De la República al Franquisme (Barcelona, 1998); Gaudí, biografia de l’artista (Barcelona, 1999); Gaudí, Bozy architekt (Varsòvia, 2002); Antoni Gaudí, un arquitecto genial (4th ed., Barcelona, 2011); Gaudí, l’arquitecte de la Sagrada Família – biografia breu (Barcelona, 2012); Chartres Cathedral, Gaudí and La Sagrada Família (Barcelona, 2012).