Carmen Posadas

Carmen de Posadas Mañé
Born (1953-08-13) August 13, 1953
Uruguay, Montevideo
Pen name Carmen Posadas
Occupation Writer
Nationality Uruguayan, Spanish
Website
www.carmenposadas.net
The Last Resort
Author Carmen Posadas
Translator Kristina Cordero
Language English
Genre Murder Mystery
Publisher Alma Books (UK)
Publication date
 March 2007
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 256
ISBN 978-1-84688-029-2
OCLC 74525596

Carmen Posadas (born August 13, 1953, Montevideo) is a prize-winning Uruguayan-Spanish author of books for children. She also writes for film and television.

Life

She was born in Montevideo in 1953 as the daughter of an Uruguayan diplomat. She has lived in Madrid since 1965. Besides Madrid, she has also lived in many capital cities including Moscow, Buenos Aires, and London where her father was ambassador.

She went to Oxford University but left before graduating when she married Rafael de Cueto. They had two children, Sofia (1975) and Jimena (1978). She later divorced de Cueto and married Mariano Rubio. In 1985, she was granted Spanish nationality. In 1988, she became a host on Spanish public television RTVE.

She began her literary career in 1980 writing books for children. In 1984, she won the Premio Nacional de Literatura (Spanish prize of literature). In 1996 she published her first novel, Cinco Moscas Azules (Five Blue Flies) which was one of the most original and successful books of the year. Her second novel, Pequeñas infamias (Little Indiscretions), won the coveted Planeta Prize in 1998. Since then, she has sold more a million copies in more than fifty countries and she has been translated in 23 languages. More recent successful books are "Childs Play" and "The Red Ribbon"

Bibliography

Complete bibliography:

Awards

Is honorary professor of the University of Peru in 2010.

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