About the Author:
Bárbara Mujica is a novelist, short story writer, critic, professor of Spanish at Georgetown University, and a contributor to many publications, such as The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. She is the author of the novels The Deaths of Don Bernardo, Frida, and Sister Teresa, and lives in Washington, D.C.
Review:
Praise for I Am Venus:
“Mujica’s prose is vigorous and intense, and the story is paradoxically both dark and illuminating.” —-Kirkus Reviews
"The exploration of [the characters'] daily lives, with a particular focus on Velzquez’s wife and her ladies-in-waiting, paints a picture that is deliciously contradictory to the perfect representation demanded of Velzquez by the royal court. Mujica...instantly creates a sensory world for her readers to inhabit."--Booklist
Praise for Frida
“Vivid . . . Frida burns with dramatic urgency.” —-The New York Times Book Review
“A delicious blend of fiction and biography. . . . A captivating introduction to the life-—and death—-of Frida Kahlo.” —-Grand Rapids Press
“The best kind of fictionalized biography: rich, vibrant, and psychologically acute.” —-Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Sister Teresa
“Eschewing sacred sentiment for rich, gritty anecdotes, Sister Teresa, Bárbara Mujica’s well-researched novel, reimagines famed 16th-century Teresa of Ávila as a vibrant and fully fleshed woman not above vanity, deceit, and a little pre-convent hanky-panky.” -—Entertainment Weekly
“A lively, vivid, and fast-paced story . . . Bárbara Mujica is extraordinarily qualified to bring together the ethos of 16th-century Spain with a woman from that era whom no one can ignore, St. Teresa of Ávila . . . Mujica [is] a natural storyteller.” —-America
“Engaging . . . Mujica’s fictional narrator, Sister Angelica, steals the show . . . Despite the many ugly historical events, such as the Spanish Inquisition, that figure into the story, it is surprisingly light and entertaining.” —-Publishers Weekly
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