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Prolific Latin American-born author Isabel Allende skillfully braids the traumatic stories of two young children separated from each other by decades and thousands of miles in her latest novel, “The ...

Best-selling author Isabel Allende has been beloved for decades by millions of passionately loyal readers for her strong female protagonists and epic story lines stretching across the Americas. In ...

Isabel Allende likes to start the day very early. She says that in the early dawn her senses awaken and she organizes her thoughts to write about the imaginary worlds that she, for more than 40 years, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — After 40 years of publishing ...

Acclaimed author Isabel Allende has some advice for her younger self: “Trust your instinct.” “If you work long enough, you will find a way of telling the story,” continued the best-selling author, ...

Isabel Allende’s latest book is all about her family. As books go, it has everything – drugs, gay marriage, divorce, adoption, death. “It’s like an ongoing melodrama,” she says. “A three-ring circus.” ...

Isabel Allende will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, President Obama announced Tuesday. Allende, whose best-known book is “The House of the Spirits,” is the only novelist among the 19 ...

Not all mystery fans are enthused about Isabel Allende's new book, "Ripper," or amused by her comments about their beloved genre. The 71-year-old Chilean writer best known for her lyrical literary ...

If anyone knows what it takes to capture readers’ attention, it is Isabel Allende. The 80-year-old writer has filled more than two dozen books with passionate and courageous characters, selling more ...