[1] Born in Badajoz, García Morales moved at the age of 13 to Seville, her parents' home town.
She then worked as a high school teacher, teaching Spanish and philosophy, and as a model and actress, forming part of the theatre group Esperpento.
The story El sur was made into a famous film by her then partner Víctor Erice, whom she had first met in 1972.
[5] García Morales died of heart failure in 2014 in Dos Hermanas, in the province of Seville.
[6] Her short story El encuentro (A Chance Encounter) was included in Rainy Days - Días de lluvia: Short Stories by Contemporary Spanish Women Writers, an anthology edited by Montserrat Lunati, together with a translation into English.