Elena Gallego Abad is a writer and journalist with an extensive professional career in the press and radio in Galicia, in addition to receiving several awards and recognitions as an author. She also teaches creative writing workshops.

Among her titles are the fantastic saga of “Dragal,” “Sete Caveiras,” “El juego de Babel,” and the latest, “El legado de la niña de sal.”  In this interview she tells us about it and other works.  We appreciate her time and kindness for this interview.

ACTUALIDAD LITERATURA: Your latest novel is titled “El legado de la niña de sal.” What can you tell us about it?

ELENA GALLEGO ABAD: This is a very special work that goes beyond literary fiction: it is based on the true story of my own mother, Carmen Abad. I built the novel from some manuscripts that I received after her death, in which she recounts the childhood she lived as a girl in the Spanish post-war period, and a series of terrible events that she participated in after being orphaned and taken in by a family with a lot of power at the time.

Read the entire interview here