Laura Esquivel

Laura Beatriz Esquivel Valdés (born 30 September 1950) is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter and politician, who served in the Chamber of Deputies for the Morena Party from 2015 to 2018. Her first novel ''Como agua para chocolate'' (''Like Water for Chocolate'') became a bestseller in Mexico and the United States, and was later developed into an award-winning film. Provided by Wikipedia