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Born | Elizabeth Gabriela Aguileta Estrada March 22, 1974 Mexico City, Mexico |
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Education | PhD, licenciatura |
Alma mater | University College London, UNAM |
Period | 2000 - present |
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Notable awards | Premio Castillo de la Lectura 2001 for "La conspiración de las tías" Premio Castillo de la Lectura 2000 for "El espejo en el agua" |
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Elizabeth Gabriela Aguileta Estrada (born 1974) is a Mexican writer of children's books and short stories. Born in Mexico City, she studied biology at the Faculty of Sciences of the UNAM in Mexico and in 2004 earned a doctorate in genetics from University College London (UK). [1] As a scientist and writer she has studied, worked and lived in Israel, Canada, England, Sweden, France, Spain and Switzerland. [2]
She was on the editorial board of the children's literary magazine La sonrisa del gato and in 2004 she was awarded a writer's fellowship from the National Foundation for Mexican Literature (Fundación para las Letras Mexicanas). [3] She has also authored three popular science books.[ citation needed ]
She has received the following prizes: