Photo by Ramón Catalan (1995)

Sofia Ester was born in 1978, in Lisbon. She wrote the book Adozinda when she was fifteen years old. She was one of the winners of the Fourth National Contest of Junior Journalism organized by the Comissão Nacional para a Comemoração dos Descobrimentos Portugueses. The prize was a journey to Macau, Hong-Kong and China. One of her stories also received an award in the IBM Leonardo Da Vince 95 Contest. She was part of the jury of the New Readers - New Writers contest, organized by the Lisbon City Hall. Sofia Ester gave several conferences about her books in schools and libraries in Portugal. Sofia Ester has a degree in Informática e Gestão de Empresas from ISCTE. Links about the author: Journey to the culture of Porto / Stories and ilustrations Work developed by the students of the seventh and eight grade from the Filipa de Vilhena School. The work was related to the book Adozinda. In the stories, the sorceress is the most interesting character Sofia Ester thinks that, in the traditional stories, the most interesting character is always the witch. Find out way, in this interview published in NetParque. The interviewer is Joana Santos Moreira. The photographer is Pedro Santo Bárbara. A sorceress named Sofia Ester Article by Maria Carmo Torres published in Portuguese Woman. Sofia Ester This is the author's web page. Adozinda This is Adozinda's page in Sapo. Flying with Adozinda Blog created by the students of the Lycée International of St Germain en Laye and by the Teacher Isabel da Costa. Other books by the same author: Love letter to Luís de Camões - The profits from this book were given to the children of Timor.