About the Author

Rosa Montero is an acclaimed novelist and an award-winning journalist for the Spanish newspaper El Pais. A native of Madrid and the daughter of a professional bullfighter, Montero published her first novel at age twenty-eight. She has won Spain's top book award, the Que Leer Prize, twice?for La loca de la casa (The Lunatic of the House) in 2003 and Historia del Rey Transparente (Story of the Transparent King) in 2005. Montero is a prolific author of twenty-six books, and her other titles include the short-story collection Amantes y enemigos (Lovers and Enemies) and the novels Beautiful and Dark, Amado amo (My Beloved Boss), and El corazon del Tartaro (The Heart of the Tartar). Tears in Rain was named one of World Literature Today's 75 Notable Translations in 2012.