Marisol Ortiz de Zárate

Marisol Ortiz de Zárate's first book was Los enigmas de Leonardo, a historical young adult novel. With its publication, she began to give talks at schools about reading and as a storyteller.^[1] She received her first award in the Antonia Cerrato Short Story and Poetry Contest organized by the Association of Friends of Santa Amalia (Badajoz), with a story entitled "Los curas llevan pantalones bajo la sotana". The novel La canción de Shao Li, which won a 2010 Latino Book Award,^[2] made her well-known as a writer specializing in children's literature. This adventure book, as well as the rest of her novels, are recommended reading in many Institutos de Educación Secundaria [es] (IES).^[3] In 2014 she published her first novel for adults, Una historia Perdida, which won the Felipe Trigo Novel Award.^[4]

Ortiz is a founding member of Krelia.a, the Association of Literary Creators of Álava, in Vitoria-Gasteiz, where she lives. She divides her time between writing and teaching at the City Council's creative writing workshops.^[5]

• Los enigmas de Leonardo, Bruño, 2002, ISBN 9788421691014
• La cruz bajo la lengua, Arte-Activo, 2007, ISBN 9788493552015
• La canción de Shao Li, Bambú, 2009, ISBN 9788483431894
• Cantan los gallos, Bambú, 2011, ISBN 9788483431290
• Una historia perdida, Algaida, 2014, ISBN 9788498779660
• Rebelión en Verne, Bambú, 2015, ISBN 9788483433713
• Las lágrimas de la matrioska, Bambú, 2015, ISBN 9788483432914, illustrations by Marina Suárez Ortiz de Zárate
• La fabuladora, Bambú, 2018, ISBN 9788483435496

• "Los curas llevan pantalones bajo la sotana" (published in Papeles de Zabalanda, 2009)
• "Un día cualquiera"
• "Cuesta arriba" (published in El amor, los espejos, el tiempo, el camino, A-A Ediciones, 2012)
• "Refugio de piedra"
• "Descubriendo Berlín" (published in El Correo, section Territorios)
• "La noche más larga" (published in El Correo, section Territorios)
• "El confidente precioso" (published in El Correo, section Territorios)
• "El niño pez" (published in El Correo, section Territorios)
• "Por las montañas heladas" (published in Inquietos Vascones, Desnivel, 2013)
• "Campo fronterizo" (published in Un refugio, treinta escritores ante un campamento de refugiados de guerra, Fundación de Estudios Jurídicos y Sociales, 2014)
• "Pasaje a la vida" (published in Un país Extranjero, Agapein, 2016)
• "Calzada de colores" (published in El Correo)