Gersao, Teolinda

Teolinda Gersao is the author of 12 novels and short-story collections, which have been translated into eleven languages. Her work has brought her many prizes, including the Pen Club Prize for best novel (twice), the Literature Prize from the International Critics' Literary Association and the Grand Prix for Novel and Short-Story from the Portuguese Writers Association. Her short stories have been published in various American anthologies and literary journals, but The Word Tree is the first of her novels to be published in the USA.