Collection: Carolina De Robertis

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Carolina De Robertis, a writer of Uruguayan origins, is the author of the novels The Gods of Tango, Perla, and the international bestseller The Invisible Mountain, all published by Knopf. Her books have been translated into seventeen languages, and have been named Best Books of the Year in venues including the San Francisco Chronicle, O, The Oprah Magazine, BookList, and NBC. She is the recipient of a Stonewall Book Award, Italy's Rhegium Julii Prize, and a 2012 Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, among other honors. She is also an award-winning translator of Latin American literature, and has contributed to anthologies including Immigrant Voices: 21st Century Stories and Count on Me: Tales of Sisterhoods and Fierce Friendships. She currently teaches fiction and literary translation at San Francisco State University. She lives in Oakland, California with her wife and two children.