
Cecilia Samartin (born 1961 in
Havana,
Cuba) is a Cuban-American writer and
psychologist
A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and interpretation of how indi ...
. She studied
psychology at
UCLA and marriage and family therapy at
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California. The university's campus surrounds the historic Mis ...
.
For several years she has been working with people who have immigrated to the United States from countries in Latin America.
Samartin has also been translated into Dutch, Finnish, German, French, Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish.
[http://www.ceciliasamartin.com - Official website]
Samartin had a book tour in Norway in 2009; she has topped the bestseller list there for over two years.
She lives in
San Gabriel, California
San Gabriel (Spanish for " St. Gabriel") is a city located in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California. At the 2010 census, the population was 39,718.
San Gabriel was founded by the Spanish in 1771, when Mission San Gabriel Arc ...
, with her British-born husband.
Bibliography

* ''Broken Paradise'' / ''Ghost Heart'' (2004)
* ''Tarnished Beauty'' / ''SeƱor Peregrino'' (2005)
* ''Vigil'' / ''Salvadorena'' (2009)
References
External links
Official websiteJuritzen - Norwegian publisher
Simon and Schuster - United States publisher
Interview with author
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American women psychologists
21st-century American psychologists
21st-century American novelists
21st-century American women writers
American women novelists
21st-century Cuban novelists
Cuban women novelists
1961 births
Living people
20th-century American psychologists