Almudena Grandes

Almudena Grandes Hernández (Madrid, 7 May 1960) is a Spanish writer.

She studied Geography and History at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She is married to the poet Luis García Montero. In 1989 she won the "La Sonrisa Vertical" prize with her erotic novel "Las edades de Lulú", which has been translated into several languages. Bigas Luna made a movie based on this book, and so did Gerardo Herrero with "Malena es un nombre de tango" and Juan Vicente Córdoba with "El lenguaje de los balcones" in his film "Aunque tú no lo sepas".

Her books talk about people of Spain in the last quarter of the 20th century and the first years of the 21st century. She shows in them a great realism and an intense psychological introspection.

Books

Novels

* "Las edades de Lulú" (Tusquets, 1989) (ISBN 84-7223-748-6)
* "Te llamaré Viernes" (Tusquets, 1991) (ISBN 84-7223-835-0)
* "Malena es un nombre de tango" (Tusquets, 1994) (ISBN 84-8310-655-8)
* "Atlas de geografía humana" (Tusquets, 1998) (ISBN 84-8310-073-8)
* "Los aires difíciles" (Tusquets, 2002) (ISBN 84-8310-195-5)
* "Castillos de cartón" (Tusquets, 2004) (ISBN 84-8310-259-5)
* "El corazón helado" (Tusquets, 2007) (ISBN 9788483103739)

hort story collections

* "Modelos de mujer" (Tusquets, 1996) (ISBN 84-8310-602-7)
* "Mercados de Barceló", 2003 (ISBN 84-8310-881-X)
* "Estaciones de paso" (Tusquets, 2005) (ISBN 84-8310-312-5)