A Vineyard in Andalusia

About Maria Duenas

María Dueñas is the author of the New York Times and internationally bestselling novel The Seamstress a Richard and Judy Book Club pick that has been translated into twenty-five languages and inspired a successful television series The Time In Between. Dueñas previous novel The Heart Has Its Reasons was also highly acclaimed and her books have now sold over 6 million copies worldwide. She holds a PhD in English philology and is currently a professor at the University of Murcia. Dueñas has also taught at American universities authored several academic articles and has participated in various educational cultural and editorial projects. She lives in Murcia Spain. Nick Caistor is a translator journalist and author of nonfiction books. He has translated some forty books from Spanish and Portuguese including those by Paulo Coelho Eduardo Mendoza Juan Marsé and Manuel Vázquez Montalbán and has twice been awarded the Valle-Inclán prize for Spanish translation. He has presented and produced many programs on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service and is a regular contributor to The Times Literary Supplement and The Guardian.