Isabel Allende was born in Peru, in 1942, and raised in Chile. She says she was “raised with stories. There was no television in Chile at the time, and we didn’t go to the movies. People sat ...

WATCH: Isabel Allende on studying real people for characters in her novels When writer Isabel Allende creates characters for her novels, she often looks to real people as “models.” For a crime ...

Inspired by her mother’s life story and bookended by two pandemics, Isabel Allende’s novel Violeta is an epic story of love and resilience that spans 100 years. Allende's novel, published by ...