Hay Festival Segovia 2023

A journalist and writer, but above all a novelist, Reyes Monforte is one of the most famous authors on the Spanish literary scene. Her first book, Un burka por amor (2007) became a bestseller, with 52 editions, and her television series was watched by more than four million viewers. After that novel she has continued to write others, such as Amor cruel (2008), La rosa escondida (2009), La infiel (2011), Besos de arena (2013), La memoria de la lavanda (2018) and Postales del este (2020), all of them marked by success. In 2022 she published La violinista roja, which told the story of the Spanish woman who was the most important Soviet spy of the 20th century.

The author will talk with writers and journalists Elsa González and Carlos Aganzo in the extraordinary setting of the Sabero Valley, in the mountains of León.

The author will sign books at the end of the event.

Event in Spanish