Alice Kellen, the author of love that sweeps the world

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Write without ostentation and live with that wonderful virtue that is simplicity.

It is a genuine quality in Alice Kellen (Valencia, 1989), that she takes care of her like gold on a cloth so much that she prefers that we know her by this pseudonym.

With this charm of small things, she narrates her

of her and celebrates the successes that are coming to her.

They were not in her expectations, but she accepts them and enjoys herself.

And it's not that love is an easy concept, but she manages to make us feel worthwhile after reading it.

"Life" -he writes in his latest book, 'The theory of the archipelagos'- "is measured in kisses: those that remain waiting and those that are given and are eternal".

On her Instagram account, with 327,000 followers, a couple of these diachronic phrases are enough for likes and comments to pile up on them, with which it can be concluded that we are before an influencer of letters.

It sounds strange in the age of immediacy, with everything at the click of a button, to get

open the pages of her books and enjoy those "everyday glitz" she writes about.

A true marvel, but, as she says, that's what it's about.

And it's not bad.

Her work is sold in about thirty countries and now the US publisher Sourcebooks has acquired the rights in English to four of his novels.

At each Book Fair his booth forms kilometric rows and readers come to wait more than seven hours to get his signature.

Editor Deb Werksman sums up her appeal in these words: "Alice writes sensitive, true stories, emotionally compelling coming-of-age tales set in today's world.

of the characters in Alice are very believable and make you want to read."

Also at Yo Dona we want to know who Alice Kellen is, as well as a mother of two children and a lover of cats, art and rain.

Is it possible to avoid the vertigo when hearing about you as a publishing phenomenon? I feel a bit strange, really.

In practice, everything remains the same (the routine, the writing, the illusion), although I do feel a little more pressure when it comes to facing the blank page, because I no longer have the feeling of doing it just for myself and, Of course, you're worried about disappointing people who trust your work. How do you manage to win over a million readers, especially young people, in the platform era? Well, I don't know what the exact formula is, but it's exciting and amazing in equal measure.

We live in a fast-paced time, with a lot of stimulation and hundreds of entertainment options, so I feel very lucky when someone picks up one of my novels, opens it and dives between its pages.

The most fascinating thing is that a book is still...

a book.

It hasn't changed at all with technology. What's the mystery about your identity? Now it doesn't seem important to me anymore, I just take it as a stage name.

At the beginning, many years ago, I did not appear in photos and only shared my novels on social networks.

Starting to sign and show myself publicly was an internal process that cost me a lot, because I tend to be reserved and shy. How did this passion for writing come about? Always!

Writing has been with me since I was a child and I told my day to day in diaries or imagined stories that I later tried to capture without much success.

It has been a very natural evolution;

I did it because I loved it and, over the years, it became my job. What inspires your writing? Everything.

I consider myself a very sensory person;

I never stay with a face, for example,

but I do pay attention to a texture, a scent, a song, or a dialogue from a movie that manages to shake me.

I try to retain that kind of thing because ideas appear at the most unexpected moments and the details feed them. Given your simple prose, the love theme and your prolific career, could you be the new Corín Tellado? I couldn't tell you, I admit that I haven't read Corin Tellado, so I don't know if our novels are similar.

In any case, I try to compare myself little with other authors because I think that each one follows a different, personal and unique path.

In this job, no two careers are ever the same.

That anarchy is also beautiful. How has your writing evolved? It has matured a lot because I have too.

I have grown writing, my life has changed, my interests, my concerns, my references.

I imagine that all authors do it, but it is interesting to be able to see this transition between the pages that remain frozen in time, when you are already far from those lines. Do your characters convey values? I don't like the idea that novels They have to convey specific values, although I do try to be more careful with those that could be pigeonholed with a youthful label.

I try that my characters have lights and shadows, although I don't know if I always succeed.

For me it is important that they fit with the story, with the plot that I want to tell, regardless of whether they are perfect or sometimes they can make readers reflect on the dilemmas that arise in each novel.

when you're already far from those lines. Do your characters convey values? I don't like the idea that novels have to convey specific values, although I do try to be more careful with those that could be pigeonholed with a juvenile label.

I try that my characters have lights and shadows, although I don't know if I always succeed.

For me it is important that they fit with the story, with the plot that I want to tell, regardless of whether they are perfect or sometimes they can make readers reflect on the dilemmas that arise in each novel.

when you're already far from those lines. Do your characters convey values? I don't like the idea that novels have to convey specific values, although I do try to be more careful with those that could be pigeonholed with a juvenile label.

I try that my characters have lights and shadows, although I don't know if I always succeed.

For me it is important that they fit with the story, with the plot that I want to tell, regardless of whether they are perfect or sometimes they can make readers reflect on the dilemmas that arise in each novel.

although I don't know if I always get it.

For me it is important that they fit with the story, with the plot that I want to tell, regardless of whether they are perfect or sometimes they can make readers reflect on the dilemmas that arise in each novel.

although I don't know if I always get it.

For me it is important that they fit with the story, with the plot that I want to tell, regardless of whether they are perfect or sometimes they can make readers reflect on the dilemmas that arise in each novel.

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