- Carmen Posadas
infobox Book
name = The Last Resort
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translator = Kristina Cordero
author = Carmen Posadas
cover_artist =
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language = English
series =
genre = Murder Mystery
publisher = [http://www.almabooks.co.uk/ Alma Books (UK)]
release_date = March 2007
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 256
isbn = ISBN 978-1-84688-029-2Carmen Posadas (b.
August 13 ,1953 ,Montevideo ) is a prize-winningUruguay an author of books for children. She also writes for film and television.Life
She was born in
Montevideo in 1953 as the daughter of aUruguay an diplomat. She has lived inMadrid since 1965. Besides Madrid, she has also lived in many capital cities includingMoscow ,Buenos Aires , andLondon where her father was ambassador.She went to
Oxford University but left before graduating when she married Rafael de Cueto. They had two children, Sofia (1975) and Jimena (1978). She later divorced de Cueto and married Mariano Rubio. In 1985, she was granted Spanish nationality. In 1988, she became a host of the Spanish television (RTVE).She began her literary career in 1980 writing books for children. In 1984, she won the "Premio Nacional de Literatura" (Spanish prize of literature). In 1996 she published her first novel, "Cinco Moscas Azules" ("The Last Resort") which was one of the most original and successful books of the year. Her second novel, "Pequeñas infamias" ("Little Indiscretions"), won the coveted Planeta Prize in 1998. Since then, she has sold over half a million copies in more than fifty countries and she has been translated in 21 languages.
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