Laura Gallego García facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Laura Gallego García
Born	(1977-10-11) 11 October 1977 (age 47) Quart de Poblet, Spain
Occupation	Novelist
Language	Spanish
Nationality	Spanish
Education	Hispanic Philology
Notable awards	National Prize of children and juvenile literature

Laura Gallego García (born on 11 October 1977 in Quart de Poblet, Valencia, Spain) is a famous Spanish author. She writes many popular books for young adults. Her stories are often filled with fantasy and adventure.

About Laura Gallego García

Laura Gallego García was born in Quart de Poblet, Valencia, Spain, on 11 October 1977. She is a Spanish writer known for her children's and young adult books. She especially loves writing fantasy stories. Laura studied Hispanic Philology at the University of Valencia. This means she studied the Spanish language and literature.

Laura's Journey to Becoming a Writer

Laura started writing very young, at just 11 years old. Her first long story was called ‘Zodiaccía, a different world’. She spent ten years working on it. Even though it was never published, this story made her sure she wanted to be a novelist. For many years, she sent her stories to different writing contests.

When she was 21, she published her first book, ‘Finis Mundi’. This was a big moment for her! Before ‘Finis Mundi’, she had written 13 other books that were not published. In 1999, ‘Finis Mundi’ won the ‘Barco de Vapor’ Prize. This is a well-known award given by the SM publishing house every year.

After ‘Finis Mundi’, Laura wrote more popular books. These included ‘Mandrágora’ and the four-book series ‘Crónicas de la Torre’. While she is famous for her juvenile novels, she has also written many stories for younger children.

Major Successes and New Adventures

In 2002, Laura won the ‘Barco de Vapor’ Prize again. This time, it was for her novel ‘La leyenda del rey errante’. She has worked a lot with SM publishing house. Together, they published books like ‘El coleccionista de relojes extraordinarios’ and the ‘Crónicas de la Torre’ series.

Her biggest success came in 2004 with her second trilogy, ‘Memorias de Idhún’. This series includes ‘Memorias de Idhún I: La Resistencia’, ‘Memorias de Idhún II: Tríada’, and ‘Memorias de Idhún III: Panteón’. More than 750,000 copies of these books have been sold!

Laura also helped create a university magazine called ‘Náyade’. It was shared at the Faculty of Philology at the University of Valencia. She was a co-director of the magazine from 1997 to 2010.

Later, she published many other stand-alone books. Most of these were also in the fantasy genre. She also wrote a sequel to ‘Alas de fuego’, called ‘Alas negras’. Laura even tried writing realist literature with the series «Sara y las goleadoras». This series includes titles like ‘Creando equipo’ and ‘Las chicas somos guerreras’.

In 2012, her novel ‘Donde los árboles cantan’ won the ‘Premio Nacional de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil’. This is a very important award in Spain. She also won the ‘Cervantes Chico’ Prize. In the same year, she wrote another children's book, ‘Mago por casualidad’.

In March 2017, Laura published ‘Por una rosa’. This book has three stories by different authors, including Laura Gallego. The stories are all inspired by the classic tale ‘Beauty and the Beast’.

Laura's Writing Style

Laura Gallego has explored many different types of stories. She started with historical-fantasy with ‘Finis Mundi’. She also wrote science-fiction with ‘Las hijas de Tara’. Later, she focused on epic fantasy, which you can see in her ‘Memorias de Idhún’ series. She also writes wonderful stories for children.

Themes in Her Fantasy Stories

In her fantasy books, especially ‘Memorias de Idhún’, feelings and love are very important. Sometimes, they are even more important than the fantasy elements. Her characters often show their feelings, doubts, and disappointments. They are guided by their emotions, rather than just honor or duty. This makes her different from writers like Tolkien.

Laura's books often have a lot of dialogue and thoughts about feelings. For example, in ‘Memorias de Idhún’, she uses a passionate love triangle. This allows her to explore deep emotions. She gets ideas from other fantasy writers like Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Some of their works that inspire her include ‘La espada de Joram’ and ‘Dragonlance’.

Books by Laura Gallego

Laura Gallego's books have been translated into many languages around the world. You can find them in Bulgarian, Catalan, English, French, German, and many more! You can see a full list here.

Here are some of her books:

• 1999: Finis Mundi (Won the Barco de Vapor Award in 1999)
• 2000: El Valle de los Lobos
• 2001: El cartero de los sueños
• 2001: Retorno a la Isla Blanca
• 2002: La maldición del Maestro
• 2002: Las hijas de Tara
• 2002: La leyenda del rey errante (Won the Barco de Vapor Award in 2001)
• 2003: La llamada de los muertos
• 2003: Mandrágora
• 2003: ¿Dónde está Alba?
• 2004: Fenris, el elfo
• 2004: Memorias de Idhún I: La Resistencia
• 2004: El coleccionista de relojes extraordinarios
• 2004: Alas de fuego
• 2004: La hija de la noche
• 2004: Max ya no hace reír
• 2004: Alba tiene una amiga muy especial
• 2005: Memorias de Idhún II: Tríada
• 2005: El fantasma en apuros
• 2006: Memorias de Idhún III: Panteón
• 2007: La emperatriz de los Etéreos
• 2008: Dos velas para el diablo
• 2009: Alas negras
• 2009: Sara y las goleadoras: Las chicas somos guerreras
• 2009: Sara y las goleadoras: Goleadoras en la liga
• 2010: Sara y las goleadoras: El fútbol y el amor son incompatibles
• 2010: Sara y las goleadoras: Las goleadoras no se rinden
• 2010: Sara y las goleadoras: El último gol
• 2011: Dónde los árboles cantan
• 2012: Mago por casualidad
• 2013: El Libro de los Portales
• 2014: Enciclopedia de Idhún
• 2015: Todas las Hadas del Reino
• 2015: Héroes por casualidad
• 2016: Omnia: todo lo que puedas soñar
• 2017: Cuando me veas
• 2017: Por una rosa
• 2018: Guardianes de la Ciudadela: El bestiario de Axlin
• 2018 (2019 in the US): Guardianes de la Ciudadela: El secreto de Xein
• 2019: Guardianes de la Ciudadela: La misión de Rox
• 2021: El ciclo del eterno emperador
• 2022: Stravagantia
• 2024: Todos los hombres del rey

Awards and Recognition

Laura Gallego has received many important awards for her writing. Her biggest prize is the ‘Premio Nacional de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil’ (National Prize of Children and Juvenile Literature). She won this in 2012 for her fantasy story ‘Dónde los árboles cantan’. This award came with 20,000 euros. It meant her book was chosen as the best children's or young adult book published in Spain in 2011.

In 2011, she also won the ‘Premio Cervantes Chico’ Prize. This award is given by the City Hall of Alcalá de Henares. As mentioned before, she won the ‘Premio de Literatura Infantil El Barco de Vapor’ twice. First, in 1999, for ‘Finis Mundi’. Then again in 2002, for ‘La leyenda del rey errante’. She also received the ‘Imaginamalaga 2013’ Prize for ‘El libro de los portales’. In 2016, she won the ‘Kelvin 505’ Prize.

See also

In Spanish: Laura Gallego García para niños