Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez
| Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1958 Coimbra, Portugal |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Genre |
Children's literature Young adult literature |
Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez (born 1958 in Coimbra) is a Portuguese writer.[1]
She studied in the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon and was a Portuguese teacher from 1982 to 1997. She has published many books, including Gaspar & Mariana, A Fonte dos Segredos, O Guarda da Praia, O Incendiário Misterioso, Cartas de Beatriz, as well as being the author of the Profissão: Adolescente collection, with 13 books and over 300,000 copies sold. Together with Maria do Rosário Pedreira, she is also a co-author of O Clube das Chaves, a collection with 21 books which has been adapted to a television series. Her most successful book is A Lua de Joana, with 220,000 copies sold (which has been translated into German, Bulgarian, Chinese, Spanish and Albanian).[2]
References
- ↑ "Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez". WorldCat.org. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
- ↑ "Portuguese Children's Books" (PDF). General Directorate for Books and Libraries: Portuguese Ministry of Culture. 2008. p. 13. Retrieved March 27, 2010.