Tour of Spain leads to foreign publishing contracts

Portuguese and Brazilian publishing contracts were never dreamed of when the author Linda Carlino first visited Spain in 1988. Her five week independent tour, which included Palencia, Burgos, Madrid, Toledo, Aranjuez, Cuenca, Cordoba, Granada, Seville, Cadiz, Avila, Salamanca and Valladolid, was a life-changing event. She was hooked. She wanted to know more, much more. She studied Spanish and then started reading Spanish sources. Fascinated with the descendents of Ferdinand and Isabella, she began writing and publishing her Spanish Hapsburg Trilogy: That Other Juana (Juana la Loca) A Matter of Pride (Charles V, H.R.E.) Wives & Other Women (Philip II of Spain).

In 2001 soon after starting to write, a friend introduced her to a literary agent who was not the least interested in historical fiction but, with bad grace, did send off the unedited first part of That Other Juana (Juana la Loca) to various scouts and foreign co-agents.

End of story? Not quite. In 2003 she received an email from a literary agent in Spain asking for the full corrected and updated MS of That Other Juana for an interested Portuguese publisher. In 2009 it was published as Joana, a Louca worldwide in Portuguese by Editorial Presença. The other two books of her Hapsburg Trilogy will be published by them during 2012.

In February 2011 she received an email in response to her post on ArticleBase.com. The Brazilian publisher Editorial Europa was interested in publishing That Other Juana. Within a fortnight contracts were exchanged. It will be published in Brazil during 2012 and the other two books within two years.

The books of A Spanish Hapsburg Trilogy were published in English during 2007-2008. They are connected (mother, son, grandson) but each book can be read separately.

All of Linda Carlino’s books, paperbacks and Kindle Books, are available from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Amazon.de

Linda is a Full Member of The Society of Authors.

That Other Juana (Juana la Loca) A story of obsessive love, uncontrolled passion  – and cruel, cynical betrayal.

A Matter of Pride (Charles V, HRE) An historical novel that takes a humorous and rather sceptical view of Charles V, the king, soldier and lover – a story of power, passion and regrets.

Wives & Other Women (Philip II of Spain) The story of Philip seeking a suitable male heir in loveless marriages – and his compulsive pursuit of other women.