Gabriela Aguileta

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Gabriela Aguileta Estrada
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c. 2012
BornElizabeth Gabriela Aguileta Estrada
(1974-03-22) March 22, 1974 (age 51)
Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation
  • Fiction writer
  • Writer of Children's Books
  • Scientific Writer
  • Scientist
EducationPhD, licenciatura
Alma mater University College London, UNAM
Period2000 - present
Genre
Notable works
  • Siete Habitaciones a Oscuras
  • La conspiración de las tías
  • El espejo en el agua
Notable awardsPremio Castillo de la Lectura 2001 for "La conspiración de las tías"
Premio Castillo de la Lectura 2000 for "El espejo en el agua"
Website
www.gabriela-aguileta.net

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 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 which allowed her to promote interest in science among children and young adults. Most of her work has been published in Spanish.

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Published works

Books

Short stories

Literary Essays

Prizes

She has received the following prizes:

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