Isabel Allende is a Chilean American writer in the magic realist tradition who was one of the first successful women novelists from Latin America. Her books include The House of the Spirits, The Infinite Plan, Daughter of Fortune, In the Midst of Winter, and A Long Petal of the Sea. More @Wikipedia
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