Rosana Ubanell
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Rosana Ubanell | |
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| Born | 20 June 1958 Pamplona, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish, American (dual citizen) |
| Education | BA and MBA |
| Alma mater | University of Navarra and George Mason University |
| Genre | Mystery novels |
Rosana Ubanell (born 1958 in Pamplona, Spain),[1] is a news journalist and the first Spanish language novelist to ever be published by Penguin Books.
Journalism
[edit]Ubanell is a graduate of the University of Navarra, where she received an undergraduate degree in journalism, and George Mason University, where she received an MBA in International Transactions.[2] After graduating, she worked as a correspondent for various Spanish publications, including the magazine Tiempo de Hoy, for which she was the Brussels correspondent from 1986 to 1990.[3] While there she eventually became the Director of the Department of Communications at the Confederación Española de Organizaciones Empresariales in Brussels.[4] In 1990, she moved to Washington, D.C. where she worked as correspondent for the magazine Tribuna de la Actualidad.[3] In 2002, she then moved to Miami to become the Assignment Editor of American Airlines' Spanish-language magazine Nexos.[5]
Books
[edit]In 2011, she released her first novel Volver a Morir, a Spanish-language detective novel based in the city of Miami.[6] Critics have stated that her book represents a crossing of cultural boundaries by placing a Hispanic protagonist (Nelson Montero) in the central role of an American-based mystery.[1] It was also the first Spanish-language novel ever published by the publishing giant Penguin Books.[7] Penguin is also slated to publish the second installment of Ubanell's Nelson Montero detective series.[8]
In 2012, she released her second novel Perdido en tu piel, described by Fox News Latino as telling, "the story of two lovers who meet again after 30 years without any news of each other and mixes that 'unique first love, without barriers' with a story of suspense and secrets that takes place, among other locations, in New York, Marbella and Mexico."[9] Ubanell also stated in 2013 that she had two more Nelson Montero books in the works in order to continue the series that debuted with her first novel.[10] When asked why she turned to a romantic novel for the storyline of her second book she stated that, "So much is said about love but we still don’t know what it is. I wanted to explore it, to delve into that universal emotion the Greeks used to call 'the madness of the gods' because of its effects, very similar to the effects of inebriation and drugs."[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b ANTONIO CAÑO (26 December 2011). "Miami is the North Macondo". EL PAÍS. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ Lorraine C. Ladish (13 January 2012). "Q&A with Rosana Ubanell, author of bestselling novel 'Volver a Morir'". Voxxi. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ a b NEREA ALEJOS (13 November 2011). "Rosana Ubanell: "Miami es el Macondo del norte, allí cada persona es una novela"". Diario de Navarra. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ "Rosana Ubanell (COM'80) presenta su último libro, 'Volver a morir'". Universidad de Navarra Alumni Association. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ Nexos. "Masthead". Nexos Magazine. Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ "Writer Rosana Ubanell creates Hispanic private eye of Miami". Fox News Latino. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ Max Aub (15 January 2012). "I would not have been a writer without Miami". El Nuevo Herald. Retrieved 4 March 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Jose a Delgado (2 January 2012). "A Detective in Miami". El Nuevo Dia. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ "Writer Rosana Ubanell tackles first love in her second novel". Fox News Latino. 7 April 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ "Rosana Ubanell: "El recuerdo más potente es el sentimiento"". 20 November 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ Laura A. Sanchez-Ubanell (5 February 2013). "Rosana Ubanell on her novel 'Perdido en tu piel' a tale of first loves". Voxxi. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
| International | |
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| National | |
- Women mystery writers
- Spanish women novelists
- 1958 births
- Living people
- George Mason University alumni
- University of Navarra alumni
- People from Pamplona
- Spanish emigrants to the United States
- 20th-century Spanish novelists
- Spanish romantic fiction writers
- American women journalists
- Women romantic fiction writers
- 20th-century American women writers
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- 20th-century Spanish women
- 21st-century American women