![]() ![]() Her teacher, Alfonso Arau, had directing and acting experience, and he is best known to American audiences for his eccentric and stereotype-creating roles as comical villains and a fun-loving Colombian drug lord in Hollywood movies such as Romancing the Stone and The Three Amigos. ![]() Later she took a class on screenwriting, an experience that would have a dramatic impact on her life. The work suited her educational background, having studied education and drama with a special focus on children’s theater. Laura Esquivel discovered her calling as a writer in the 1970s while teaching kindergarten, where she enjoyed writing plays for her young pupils. ![]() Her novels often explore creative concepts in storytelling, as they have featured illustrations, cooking recipes, and a musical CD. She has written children's plays, movies, short stories, and several novels, many of which offer readers a glimpse into a world similar to our own, but where sudden moments of magic highlight an otherwise realistic storyline. The novel was made into a film in 1994, which became one of the most successful foreign films ever released in the United States. Laura Esquivel (born 1950) is a Mexican writer who is best known for her enormously popular 1989 novel Like Water for Chocolate. ![]()
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