María Menéndez-Ponte

Born in La Coruña, she began her Law studies at the University of Santiago de Compostela, although she completed them at the UNED in New York. She also holds a degree in Hispanic Philology, in English Law and in Comparative Law from the Polytechnic School of London. In addition,
she holds a bachelor’s degree in American Language and Civilization from Marymount College, New York.
She has worked as a teacher in different schools in Spain and the United
States. She has been deputy director of the communication department at Ediciones SM, and is a contributor on several literary magazines. In 2007, she was awarded the Cervantes Chico Prize.