Isabel Allende

Biography

Isabel Allende is a Chilean-American writer and daughter of Francisca Llona Barros, born on August 2, 1942. She is known for novels such as "The House of the Spirits" (1982) and "City of the Beasts" (2002), which have been commercially successful and earned her prestigious awards, including the American Academy of Arts and Letters induction in 2004 and Chile's National Literature Prize in 2010.