Clara Usón Vegas (born

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

, 1961) is a Spanish writer. Her novel ''The Shy Assassin'' (''El asesino tímido'' in Spanish) was awarded the 2018

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize The Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize (''Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz'') is a literary prize awarded to a book written in Spanish by a female author. It is organized by the Guadalajara International Book Fair, based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Me ...

, recognizing excellent literary works written in Spanish by female authors. She is also the winner of the 1998 ''Premio Feminino Lumen de Novela'' for her novel ''Noches de San Juan'' and the 2009 ''

Premio Biblioteca Breve The Premio Biblioteca Breve is a literary award given annually by the publisher Seix Barral (now part of Grupo Planeta) to an unpublished novel in the Spanish language. Its prize is €30,000 and publication of the winning work. It is delivered in ...

'' for ''Corazón de Napalm''.

Bibliography

* ''Noches de San Juan'' (1998) * ''Primer vuelo'' (2001) * ''El viaje de las palabras'' (2005) * ''Perseguidoras'' (2007) * ''Corazón de napalm'' (2009) * ''La hija del Este'' (2013) * ''Valor'' (2015) * ''El asesino tímido'' (2018)

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