- Bea Gonzalez
Béa Gonzalez (pronEng|BAYA) is a novelist who was born in
Vigo ,Spain , and immigrated toCanada as a child.Following studies in
Spain andToronto , she pursued postgraduate studies in London, where she received an MA in Literary and Historical Studies fromKing's College London .Gonzalez is the author of many articles, literary essays and reviews. She is the author of two novels, the first,
The Bitter Taste of Time , was published in 1998 to great critical acclaim. Her second novel,The Mapmaker's Opera , was published in 2005. To date, her books have been published in seven countries, and the rights have been acquired by the Australian composer,Kevin Purcell , to makeThe Mapmaker's Opera into a music drama.Gonzalez is also a founding member of the Ontario Great Books Council, affiliated with the
Great Books Foundation ofChicago , which promotes the shared enquiry method developed by the Foundation to explore the world's great works of literature.She is also a lecturer and educator and designs and leads tours to
Spain andLatin America to study their poets and writers.Bibliography
* "The Bitter Taste of Time" (1998)
* "The Mapmaker's Opera" (2005)External links
* [http://www.womenspost.com/Béa_Gonzalez_The_brain_from_Spain_is_often_on_a_plane.asp interview with the Women's Post]
* [http://www.harpercollins.ca/bg/note.asp On writing the Mapmaker' Opera]
* [http://classicalpursuits.com/toplevel/convivium_article.php?articleid=71 On the Edge of the Earth (essay)]
* [http://www.harpercollins.ca/bg/ publisher's website for Béa Gonzalez]
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