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Briana O'Dowd
Coral Gables Sr. High School
Ms.Munnerlyn AP English IV Period 2
 

Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is the author of seven novels, including most recently, Portrait in Sepia and Daughter of Fortune. Her books have been translated into more than twenty-seven languages and have become bestsellers across four continents. Now living in California, Allende has been recently inducted into the Amaerican Academy pf Arts and Letters.

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Praise for Allende
 
"Allende is one of the most important novelists to emerge from Latin America in the past decade"
 
"A very passionate storyteller. . .Her writing is lyrical, mystical, ribald, funny."
 
"Like a slow, seductive lover, Allende teases, tempts, and titillates with mesmerizing stories" 
 
"Allende is a genius"

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