Cristina Morató
Author Interview - Cristina Morató
Author of Divine Lola
An enthralling biography about one of the most intriguing women of the Victorian Age: the first self-invented international social celebrity.
Author Interview - Cristina Morató
Author I draw inspiration from: Virginia Woolf
Author Interview - Cristina Morató | Author I Draw Inspiration From
Favorite place to read a book: By the fireplace in my country house.
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Josephine March (Little Women, Louisa May Alcott)
Author Interview - Cristina Morató | Book Character I’d Like to be Stuck in an Elevator With
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: When I realized how little had been written about intrepid and corageous women.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: Hardback or paperback, always
The last book I read: Leonora by Elena Poniatowska
Author Interview - Cristina Morató | The Last Book I Read
Pen & paper or computer: Computer
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Tintin, the main character of Hergé's graphic novels
Author Interview - Cristina Morató | Book Character I’d be Best Friends With
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: Photographer, my other great passion, or astronaut, an impossible dream.
Favorite decade in fashion history: The crazy 20's
Place I’d most like to travel: Chiapas, Mexico. Where I married in a Mayan village.
My signature drink: Frozen Margarita in a caribbean beach, perfect.
Favorite artist: Lady Gaga, a really strong woman
Number one on my bucket list: I dream of visiting the Antartic and navigate its waters
Anything else you'd like to add: Let yourself be seduced by Lola Montez's true story of scandal and celebrity
Find more from the author:
Instagram @cristina.morato.oficial
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Web page www.cristinamorato.com
Author Bio: Born in Barcelona in 1961, Cristina Morató is a journalist, reporter, and author dedicated to writing about the lives of great women innovators and explorers that history has overlooked. Her research, tracing the footsteps of these remarkable women, has led her to travel to more than forty countries and has resulted in eight biographies: Viajeras intrépidas y aventureras (Intrepid and Adventurous Women Travelers); Las Reinas de África (African Queens); Las Damas de Oriente (Ladies of the East); Cautiva en Arabia (Arabian Captive); Divas rebeldes (Rebel Divas); Reinas malditas (Tragic Queens); Diosas de Hollywood (Hollywood Goddesses); and Divina Lola (Divine Lola), Cristina’s first to be translated into English. She is a founding member and the current vice president of the Spanish Geographical Society and belongs to the Royal Geographic Society of London.
