Biography
Dr. Heloisa Prieto is one of Brazil's most celebrated children and YA authors. She has sold over two million books in her native country. Her Mano series of YA novels inspired the awarded Time Warner movie “The Best Things in the World”. In 2022 she published The Musician, in the US, an acclaimed novel of magical realism, its rights were sold to the traditional publishing house, Editora Nova Fronteira, in Brazil.
Also in 2022, she had 8 titles selected for the PNLD Public Book-Purchasing Programme, including The Wind Riders, a YA magical realism novel co-written with Irish writer and illustrator, Adrienne Geoghegan.
Previously, she published the best selling YA series 1001 and 102 Ghosts at Editora Seguinte (Penguin/Brazil)
Unapologetically infatuated by the fantastic genre, especially thriller, Heloisa Prieto presents her readers with two narratives full of mysteries and a unique poetry.
Heloisa Prieto has spent a lifetime researching myths and legends-both ancient and modern-and organizing and curating collections of cross-cultural interest. She has created and organized numerous creative writing workshops for children, teenagers, and adults. She also has a PhD in French literature (University of São Paulo) and a master's degree in semiotics (Catholic University of São Paulo).
Her 103 titles include fantasy, fairy tales, gothic novels and contemporary fables and daily life fiction.
