Andréa del Fuego

Andréa del Fuego was born in the city of São Paulo in 1975.

Graduated in Philosophy from the University of São Paulo, she is the author of novels, short stories and young adult books.

At the beginning of her career, in 1998, Andréa wrote crônicas and answered sexual questions from the readers of the magazine of the radio station 89 FM.

Her first novel, Os Malaquias, was published in 2010 and tells the story of three siblings who are orphaned when their parents are struck by lightning.

[3] For this book del Fuego won the 2011 José Saramago Prize.