Laura Esquivel

Laura Esquivel is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter, and politician. She was born in Mexico City in 1950. She is best known for her novel Como agua para chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate), which was published in 1989 and became a bestseller. The novel was later adapted into an award-winning film. Esquivel has also written several other novels, including La ley del amor (The Law of Love), Íntimas suculencias (Intimate Subtleties), and El libro de las emociones (The Book of Emotions). She has also written a screenplay for the film Tan veloz como el deseo (As Swift as Desire). Esquivel is a member of the Morena Party and served in the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress in the Chamber of Deputies from 2015 to 2018.