La Bastarda - Paperback

by Trifonia Melibea Obono (Author), Lawrence Schimel (Translator)

This coming-of-age story from Equatorial Guinea chronicles a teenage girl's quest to find out who she is.

Author Biography

Trifonia Melibea Obono is a journalist and a professor at the National University of Equatorial Guinea. Currently, she is pursuing her doctorate in gender studies and human rights from the University of Salamanca, Spain.

Lawrence Schimel is an award-winning author and anthologist, and has been internationally recognized for his queer anthologies, gay and lesbian erotica, and children's books. His writing has been translated into over twenty languages. He served as cochair of the Publishing Triangle, an organization of lesbians and gay men in the American publishing industry, for two years, and also served as the Regional Advisor of the Spain Chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators for five years.