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Fiction. Women's Studies. "The expert translation of this almost Gothic story lifts the veil on the place where environment meets the psyche, on women's sensuality and wit. A gift of Portuguese women writing to the English reader." -Lisa Katz

Portuguese in nationality, born in Angola, Luisa Coelho holds a PhD in Portuguese Literature from the University of Utrecht, Netherlands, and has taught at European universities. She has degrees in German Philology and Theories of Political Science, and has published a number of academic articles. Her works of fiction include O canto de amor das baleias (The Love Song of the Whales), 1992; Cavalgar um Raio de Luz (Riding a Beam of Light) 2000; Os espatos do desejołcontos er=ticos (The Spaces of Desire: Erotic Tales (2004); and, as editor, IntimidadesłAntologia de contos er=ticos femininos portugueses e brasileiros (Intimacies: An Anthology of Portuguese and Brazilian Women's Erotic Tales), 2005.