Isabel Allende

Born in Lima, Peru (1942) Daughter of Diplomatic father Tomas Allende. After her mother Francisca Llona annulled her marriage to Tomas Allende, she moved her family back to Santiago, Chile. In 1965 Isabel Allende began working for FAO, a United Nations organization, and continued working there till 1968. She married Miguel Frias in 1962, and later divorced him in 1985. Isabel Allende is a journalist, novelist, and short story writer. In 1975 Allende began to work in Venezuela as a journalist and remained there for thirteen years. She is one of the most prominent literary figures of the Hispanic culture and as many writers of her time, most of her literary works are filled with magical realism, a technique used mostly by Hispanic writers.