Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez
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Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez | |
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Born | 1958 Coimbra, Portugal |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Portuguese |
Genres | Children's literature Young adult literature |
Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez (born in Coimbra, 1958) is a Portuguese writer.
She studied in the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon and was a Portuguese teacher from 1982 to 1997. She has published many books, including Gaspar & Mariana, A Fonte dos Segredos, O Guarda da Praia, O Incendiário Misterioso, as well as being the author of the Profissão: Adolescente collection, with 13 books and over 300,000 copies sold. Together with Maria do Rosário Pedreira, she is also a co-author of O Clube das Chaves, a collection with 21 books which has been adapted to a television series. Her most successful book is A Lua de Joana, with 220,000 copies sold.