Regina Rodríguez Sirvent Author

Regina Rodríguez Sirvent was born in Puigcerdà, Spain. A graduate in psychology, Regina studied screenwriting at Escola Superior de Cinema and creative writing at Ateneu Barcelonès. She has written for various newspapers and media outlets. Singing to the Sun, a literary sensation in Spain and winner of the L’Illa dels Llibres popular-vote award, is her first novel to be translated into English. Beth Fowler has been a translator since 2009, working from Spanish and Portuguese to English. She won the Harvill Secker Young Translators’ Prize in 2010, and her published translations include Open Door and Paradises by Iosi Havilio; Ten Women by Marcela Serrano; and We All Loved Cowboys by Carol Bensimon. She lives in the west of Scotland.