When Tzunún was little, her mother nicknamed her Colibrí, Spanish for “hummingbird.” At age four, Colibrí is kidnapped from her parents in Guatemala City and ever since she’s traveled with Uncle, the ex-soldier and wandering beggar, who renamed her Rosa. Uncle told Rosa that he looked for her parents, but never found them.
Nació en Estados Unidos en 1943 y estudió Literatura en la Universidad de Harvard. Ha pasado largas temporadas en Guatemala. Ha publicado catorce libros para niños, los que han sido traducidos a varias lenguas.
