Isabel Allende’s trium-phant return to historical fiction, La Isla Bajo El Mar, tells the story of Zarité, a nine-year-old mulatto girl who is sold as a slave in eighteenth-century Santo Domingo. Booklist claims that “Demand will be high for this transporting, re-markably topical novel of men and women of courage risking all for liberty.” To read more about it, check out Books.

For an intimate peek into Isabel’s private photo album, an up close look at her biography or to view a more detailed timeline of her life from 1942 through the coup in Chile in 1973 and on to present day, check out Roots.

If you are curious about Isabel’s speeches, interviews, answers to the most frequently asked questions, a list of publishers or if you would like to download press photos, Curiosities is for you.   Click to hear Tales of Passion.

Created on December 9, 1996, the Isabel Allende Foundation pays homage to Paula Frias, Isabel’s daughter, who passed away on December 6, 1992. The Foundation primarily supports organizations that help women and children in need, by providing education, healthcare, protection and the means to empowerment.