Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez

Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez
Born 1958
Coimbra, Portugal
Occupation Writer
Nationality Portuguese
Genre Children's literature
Young adult literature

Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez (born 1958 in Coimbra) is a Portuguese writer.[1]

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, Cartas de Beatriz, 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 (which has been translated into German, Bulgarian, Chinese, Spanish and Albanian).[2]

References

  1. "Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez". WorldCat.org. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
  2. "Portuguese Children's Books" (PDF). General Directorate for Books and Libraries: Portuguese Ministry of Culture. 2008. p. 13. Retrieved March 27, 2010.