Matilde Asensi
Born 1962
Matilde Asensi was born in Alicante. In 1999 she published her first novel, *El salón de ámbar* (*The Amber Room*), which has been translated into several languages.
With *Iacobus* (2000) and *Peregrinatio* (2004), she reached the top of the bestseller lists, and *El último Catón* (*The Last Cato*, 2001) confirmed her as the most successful author of her generation, both with critics and with readers.
Later, with *El origen perdido* (*The Lost Origin*, 2003), Matilde Asensi reinvented the adventure novel. *Todo bajo el Cielo* (*All Under Heaven*, 2006) took her readers to the China of the Great Emperor.
*Tierra Firme* and *Venganza en Sevilla* (*Revenge in Seville*), her most recent adventure novels, star Catalina Solís, also known as Martín Ojo de Plata, a character who changes her women's clothing in the name of justice and truth. This allows her to overcome adversity, master her fears and weaknesses, live in different worlds, and discover herself as an adventurer capable of navigating both realities.
Matilde Asensi was a finalist for the Ciudad de San Sebastián (1995) and Gabriel Miró (1996) literary prizes, and she won first prize in the short story category at the XV Juan Ortiz del Barco Literary Competition (1996) in Cádiz, and the XVI Felipe Trigo Short Novel Prize (1997) in Badajoz.
Source: Library of Congress
Books by Matilde Asensi in order
Books by Matilde Asensi in the order they were published, from El Salon De Ambar (1999) to Sakura (2019).
- 1El Salon De Ambar
El Salon De Ambar1999 - 2Iacobus
Iacobus2000 - 3The Last Cato
The Last Cato2001 - 4El origen perdido
El origen perdido2003 - 5El Origen Perdido/ The Lost Origin
El Origen Perdido/ The Lost Origin2004 - 6Le dernier Caton
Le dernier Caton2006 - 7Todo bajo el Cielo
Todo bajo el Cielo2006 - 8Todo Bajo En Cielo
Todo Bajo En Cielo2006 - 9Peregrinatio
Peregrinatio2007 - 10The Amber Salon
The Amber Salon2007 - 11Tierra Firme
Tierra Firme2007 - 12Everything Under the Sky
Everything Under the Sky2008 - 13Alles Onder De Hemel
Alles Onder De Hemel2009 - 14Tutto sotto il cielo
Tutto sotto il cielo2009 - 15Venganza En Sevilla
Venganza En Sevilla2010 - 16La conjura de Cortés
La conjura de Cortés2012 - 17Ostatni Katon
Ostatni Katon2014 - 18El regreso del catón
El regreso del catón2015 - 19Sakura
Sakura2019
