[1] Rita Maria Roquette de Quadros Ferro Ochôa was born on 26 February 1955 in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, the daughter of writer and philosopher António Quadros [pt ] and Paulina Roquette Ferro.
Following internships in Brazil, Spain, the USA and the United Kingdom, she taught advertising at the Instituto de Arte, Design e Empresa (Institute of Art, Design and Enterprise - IADE), which her father had founded in 1969.
[2][3][4] Ferro began her literary career in 1990, with the publication of the novel O Nó na Garganta, which sold more than 50,000 copies.
She has been a judge for literary awards and at film festivals and has published articles in magazines and newspapers, such as Revista LER, the Portuguese edition of Marie Claire, Diário de Notícias and A Capital.
[5] Ferro also teaches courses in creative writing[6] and has written a television script and two theatrical plays.