Author Elvira Lindo's series about the adventures of Manolito Four-Eyes is a children's classic in Spain, where it has inspired feature films and a TV series, and is also widely popular in other European countries. She has received Spain's National Children's Book Award, and her books are regularly translated into some twenty languages. She also works as a screenwriter, and her weekly column in El Pa's newspaper is widely read in Spain and Latin America. She lives half of the year in New York City.