She was born in
Barcelona. She completed studies in
anthropology in 1980 and then taught
secondary school for the next ten years. Carranza published her first novel
Ostres, tu, quin cacau! In 1986; it was awarded the for children's and juvenile literature. Her bestseller
Trilogía de las Brujas ("Trilogy of Witches") has been translated into more than twenty languages. In 1999, she wrote her first novel for adults
Sin invierno, which was also her first work in Spanish. In 2014, she received the
Premi Cervantes Chico de literatura infantil i juvenil for her work. == References ==