Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende (; born August 2, 1942) is a Chilean-American writer. Allende is known for novels such as "The House of the Spirits" ("La casa de los espíritus", 1982) and "City of the Beasts" ("La ciudad de las bestias", 2002).
Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author." 
In 2004, Allende was added into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. 
President Barack Obama awarded her the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Her father was a first cousin of Salvador Allende, President of Chile from 1970 to 1973.