Ángela Banzas

Born in Santiago de Compostela, Ángela Banzas is one of the leading voices in Galician suspense fiction. With a degree in Political Science and Administration from the University of Santiago and an MBA from the European Business School in Madrid, she soon decided to devote herself exclusively to literature. Her first novel, El silencio de las olas (Suma, 2021), was a huge success with the public and in terms of sales. La conjura de la niebla was her second novel, and in 2023 she published La sombra de la rosa.

In 2024, she published the novel El aliento de las llamas.

 

The idea of writing evolved gradually since childhood. When older people opened up to tell stories about the war, the countryside, the sea or emigration, I listened carefully, thinking that all of this should be collected, captured in writing and passed on to posterity. The same people also told me about spirits and holy companions, legends and age-old traditions, and that sparked my imagination. Beyond nature, mythology and history, it is the irony and the Galician perspective; the way of being and feeling, of facing life and death that seduce me and arouse my curiosity. And therefore I am Galician.

Interview for Fanfan, 2024.