Cautiva (Captive): Testimonio de un secuestro (Atria Espanol) (Spanish Edition)
Clara Rojasis a lawyer and was the campaign director of Ingrid Betancourt’s presidential campaign when they were kidnapped by the FARC in 2002. She gave birth to her son Emmanuel during her captivity but he was taken from her when he was only eight months old. After six years of captivity she was finally liberated. Clara and her son currently live in Bogotá, Colombia.Translator:Adriana V. Lópezis the founding editor ofCríticas,Publishers Weekly'ssister magazine devoted to the Spanish-language publishing world. She is the co-editor ofBarcelona Noir, a short story collection for Akashic Books, as well as the editor ofFifteen Candles: 15 Tales of Taffeta, Hairspray, Drunk Uncles and Other Quinceañera Stories(HarperCollins, 2007). Lopez's work has appeared inThe New York Times, theLos Angeles Times, and theWashington Post, among other publications and book anthologies. Her essays and fiction have appeared inJuicy Mangoes(Simon & Schuster, 2007),Border-Line Personalities: A New Generation of Latinas Dish on Sex, Sass & Cultural Shifting(HarperCollins, 2004), andColonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism(Seal Press, 2002). López is a member of PEN America and currently divides her time between New York and Madrid.