Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is the author of a number of bestselling and critically acclaimed books, including A Long Petal of the Sea, The House of the Spirits, Of Love and Shadows, Eva Luna, The Stories of Eva Luna and Paula. Her books have been translated into more than forty-two languages and have sold more than seventy-five million copies worldwide. She lives in California.
An icon of world literature -- Khaled Hosseini Allende has everything it takes: the ear, the eye, the mind, the heart, the all-encompassing humanity * New York Times * Allende knows that all stories are love stories, and the greatest love stories are told by time -- Colum McCann If Allende's life depended on her narrative gifts, she'd not only survive, but reign * Los Angeles Times * Allende's stories are delicate, their images akin to poetry -- Barbara Kingsolver