Care Santos | |
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| Native name | Macarena Santos i Torres |
| Born | 8 April 1970 |
| Language | Catalan, Spanish |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Alma mater | University of Barcelona |
| Genre | novel |
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Macarena Santos i Torres, (born 8 April 1970) is a Spanish writer who writes under the name "Care Santos". She writes in both Catalan and Spanish languages, [1] for both young and adult readers. [2]
Care Santos studied law and Spanish philology at the University of Barcelona. She started her career as a journalist at Diari de Barcelona and later worked for the papers ABC and El Mundo . In 1995, Santos was recognized for her first book, a collection of novels with the title Cuentos cítricos. Her next books were Trigal con cuervos and Los ojos del lobo.
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