Laura Esquivel

For other uses, see Laura Esquivel (disambiguation).
Laura Esquivel
Laura Esquivel in Mexico City in 2013
Born (1950-09-30) 30 September 1950
Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, Mexico
OccupationNovelist, screenwriter
GenreMagical realism, science fiction

Laura Beatriz Esquivel Valdés (born 30 September 1950) is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter and former politician. Her first novel Como agua para chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate) became a bestseller in Mexico and the United States, and was later developed into an award-winning film.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.