When I was a young girl, I would sneak out of bed, tiptoe across the darkened house and, standing by a shuttered window that overlooked the patio, listen to the adults’ conversations. Sometimes, they were discussing news in the Tangier expat community, or it was the Spanish soccer league. Or it was gossip and someone had been spotted around the Caves of Hercules, a place of mischief and history, the very spot where the Greek demigod rested after finishing his twelve labors. 

Once in a while, though, I would luck out and our elderly neighbor, Don José, and my grandmother would go mano a mano in an impromptu marathon of urban tales and legends. Those nights planted a love for stories in me.

Before stories, however, came the love for words and languages; see the Bio page.  Then, the need to tell the stories followed, and that was before I went to elementary school. I love to read (see Irresistible Books). My favorites are historical fiction and that also started early. For how I conduct research, click on the History and the Novel: A Manifesto. Finally, check The Fight with Duende for an inspiration theory that applies to all the arts.  

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~ Adelaida