Isabel Allende

Born in Peru, Isabel Allende was raised in Chile. Before being exiled from Chile after the assassination of her uncle, President Allende, Isabel also went to work for the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization in Santiago, where she was a secretary for several years. Later, she became a journalist, editor, and advice columnist for Paula magazine. In addition, she worked as a television interviewer and on movie newsreels.  Her debut novel, The House of Spirits, became a bestseller in Spain and West Germany and a film in 1994.  Of Love and Shadows received a nomination for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 1984.  Her other works include Portrait in Sepia, Daughter of Fortune, The Infinite Plan, Eva Luna, the short story collection The Stories of Eva Luna, the memoir Paula, and Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses. City of the Beast is her first novel for young readers. 

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