Laura Esquivel
was born in Mexico City in 1950. She began her career as a...
English bestselling novelist, short story writer, essayist and critic. The Man Booker Prize double winner (2009 & 2012).
Her work, ranging in subject from personal memoir to historical fiction, has been short-listed for major literary awards. In 2009, she won the Man Booker Prize for her novel Wolf Hall. Her latest book, Bring Up the Bodies, the second instalment of the Thomas Cromwell Trilogy, won the 2012 Man Booker Prize. She is the first woman to receive the award twice, following in the footsteps of J. M. Coetzee, Peter Carey and J. G. Farrell (who posthumously won the Lost Man Booker Prize).
Every Day is Mother's Day 1985
Vacant Possession 1986
Eight Months on Ghazzah Street1988
Fludd 1989
A Place of Greater Safety 1992
A Change of Climate 1994
An Experiment in Love 1995
The Giant, O'Brien 1998
Giving Up the Ghost (A Memoir) 2003
Learning to Talk (Short Stories) 2003
Beyond Black 2005
Wolf Hall 2009
Bring Up the Bodies 2012
The Mirror and the Light: in progress
was born in Mexico City in 1950. She began her career as a...
born in 1975, is the author of three story collections and four previous novels, and he...