Maria Duenas es doctora en filologia inglesa. Tras dos decadas dedicada a la vida academica, irrumpe en 2009 en el mundo de la literatura con El tiempo entre costuras, a la que sigue en 2012 Mision olvido. Ambas novelas se han convertido en grandes bestsellers internacionales, con traducciones a 35 lenguas. La adaptacion televisiva de El tiempo entre costuras logro un clamoroso exito de audiencia y ha sido reconocida con numerosos galardones. La Templanza es su tercera novela. Para mas informacion visita MariaDuenas.es.
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