Isabel Garcia Cintas

ISABEL GARCIA CINTAS is an Argentine writer and journalist. She studied journalism and photography in Buenos Aires and lived in Melbourne, Australia, for three years. Upon returning, Isabel settled with her husband in San Carlos de Bariloche, where she worked in the radio and written press. In 1987 moved with her family to the United States and to Florida in 2001. Isabel has published three novels and a volume of short stories.

Her first book is a family saga, "Del Mediterráneo al Plata" (2012), inspired by the memories of the author's grandparent's migration from Italy and Spain to Argentina. The book was a finalist in the 2012 Dan Poynter's Global e-Book Awards.

The novel Incidente en la Patagonia (2011, Spanish), Incident in Patagonia (2016, English) is a fictional suspense story that takes place during the military government (1976-83) in Argentina, touches on the theme of missing persons and is loosely based on the writer's experience as a journalist. The English manuscript won an Honorable Mention at the 2015 Latino Books Into Movies Awards in Los Angeles, California.

La Casa Vieja y Otros Relatos (2016), The Old House and Other Short Stories (2019) obtained Gold Medal, Category Spanish, at the 2016 Florida Book Awards from Florida State University and Honorable Mention Best Popular Fiction category at the 2016 International Latino Book Awards in Los Angeles, California. The author was also invited to present this book at the 33rd. Miami International Book Fair.

Her recent novel, El Recado de la Mujer Holandesa (2020), a mystery novel, was Bronze Medal at the 2021 International Latino Book Awards, category Best Novel-Mystery, and was invited to present at the 2021 International Miami Book Fair. Its version in English, The Dutch Woman's Message (2022), is Gold Medal category Romantic Novel and Silver Medal category Drama TV Series at the 2023 Latino Books Into Movies Awards,

Isabel's short stories are published in three anthologies: Poetas y Narradores (2012), edited by the Institute of Peruvian Culture of Miami, Los Mundos Posibles (2012), a collection of short stories awarded by the Latin American Intercultural Alliance of New York, and the First Breast Cancer Anthology (2015), by the publishing house Talento Comunicación, in Spain.

Since 2017 Isabel has been a Jury in the Spanish Category for the prestigious Florida Book Awards. She is also a permanent staff member at the digital cultural magazine Letra Urbana.com.

Author's website: www.isabelgarciacintas.com