Isabel Allende
Chilean-American novelist
Isabel Allende is a Chilean-American novelist whose first novel, The House of the Spirits, appeared in 1982. She has also founded a charitable foundation for women and girls.
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Born 1942 in Lima, Peru
About Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende was born in Lima, Peru, grew up in Chile, and has lived in California since 1989. Her debut novel, The House of the Spirits, came out in 1982. Her other books include Eva Luna, City of the Beasts and Daughter of Fortune. Many of her novels draw on her own experiences and on historical events, and they often center on the lives of women. She won the American Book Award in 1989 and Chile's National Literature Prize in 2010. In 2014 she was awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1996, after the death of her daughter Paula, Allende set up a charitable foundation in Paula's name. Her book The Soul of a Woman is available in our catalog.