María Fernanda Heredia

María Fernanda Heredia Pacheco (Quito, 1 March 1970) is an Ecuadorian writer, illustrator and graphic designer. She writes novels and short stories for children and young people. Having obtained her bachelor's degree, she worked for several years as a graphic designer and publishing before starting to write professionally. She has been awarded on five occasions the Darío Guevara Mayorga Children's and Young People's National Award, and she was awarded with the Latin American Children's and Young People's Norma-Fundalectura prize for her novel ''Amigo se escribe H''.

In 2015 her book ''Strange Days'', co-written with Roger Ycaza, won the A la Orilla del Viento award of the Fondo de Cultura Económica. Provided by Wikipedia