Béa González

She was born Beatriz González in Vigo, Spain, and emigrated to Canada as a child.

She is the author of two novels, the first, The Bitter Taste of Time, was published in 1998,[2] and is set in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico at the beginning of the Mexican Revolution.

[3] Her second novel, The Mapmaker's Opera, was published in 2005, and is set in Spain during and after the Spanish Civil War.

[4] To date, her books have been published in seven countries, and the rights have been acquired by the Australian composer, Kevin Purcell, to make The Mapmaker's Opera into a musical.

[5] She is also a lecturer and educator and designs and leads tours to Spain and Latin America to study their poets and writers.