Annabel Cervantes Muñoz (born 1969 in

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writer in the

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. She studied

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at the

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, with a major in the environment, but she left this occupation to dedicate herself to literature. She currently lives in

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Works

*''L'harmònica de vidre'', 1999 *''L'informe del cartògraf'', 2000 *''Qualsevol diumenge, esports d'aventura'', 2004 *''Ocell de mar endins'', 2007. *''Celobert'', 2008. *''La Maledicció d'Alietzer''. Alisis (Ara Llibres). Barcelona, 2009.

Awards

*'' Premi Sant Jordi, Castelldefels'' 1999 *'' Premi Sant Jordi, Begues'', 2000 * ''Primer Premi de Narrativa

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'' de Molins de Rei, 2004 * ''IV Premi Pollença de Narrativa'', 2007 * ''III Premi de Narrativa Breu Districte V'', 2008

Last Award

* " Reflexos d'Estiu", Novel. Short-listed on Premi Narrativa Delta, 2011

Recent works

* " Crims.cat 2.0", 2013. AlRevés. "''Negra nit al carrer de l'Aurora" ''. Anthology of thriller's stories in Països Catalans.

External links

Ocell de mar endins

Castelldefels

La Maledicció d'Alietzer
1969 births Living people Women writers from Catalonia Spanish women novelists University of Barcelona alumni 20th-century Spanish women writers 20th-century Spanish novelists 21st-century Spanish women writers 21st-century Spanish novelists {{Catalonia-writer-stub