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Are there any famous ( well known ) people born in your place of living ?
( Bartosz Konik ) Hello Bartosz we are Mireia , Irene and Silvia from Sapin . We have read your question and these is the answer .
In the place we live there aren ' t famous people , but we have a writer , her name is Laura Gallego , she isn ' t very populat but she wins some awards .
Laura Gallego García ( born in Quart de Poblet , Valencia ( Spain ) on October 11 , 1977 ), is a Spanish author of young adult literature .
Laura Gallego García was born in Quart de Poblet , Valencia , on the 11 of October 1977 . She is a Spanish novelist of children and juvenile literature , specializing in the fantasy genre . She studied Hispanic Philology at the University of Valencia .
At age 11 , she started writing ‘ Zodiaccía , a different world ’. She spent ten years finishing it and , although it has never been published , she has a special affection to this story . Then , she was sure about being a novelist and she sent her work to several literary contests for years .
At the age of 21 , after finishing high school , she decided to study Hispanic Philology in the University of Valencia . She continued sending her work to publishing houses and contests but she did not publish anything until she wrote ‘ Finis Mundi ’, which was the first book she published . Previously , she wrote 13 books but none of them were brought to light . With ‘ Finis Mundi ’, the novelist won the ‘ Barco de Vapor ’ Prize in 1999 after having participated for several years . This contest is celebrated every year by SM publishing house .