Evelyn Ugalde

Evelyn Rocio Ugalde Barrantes (born 20 October 1975) is a journalist, writer, editor and cultural promoter of Costa Rica. She has received the Joaquín García Monge National Prize for cultural promotion twice for her work, first individually in 2009, and in 2013, along with the rest of the team, as the producer of the cultural program Semicolon.

Biography Ugalde was born in San Joaquín de Flores, Flores canton, Heredia province, Costa Rica, in October 1975. She attended primary and secondary school there, before studying communication at the University of Costa Rica. The same year she also founded Publisher Clubdelibros specialising in literary fantasy and the promotion of literature.

Literary career Ugalde specialised in children's literature, with many of her works directed to children and to the promotion of reading.

She is co-author of the books A strategy for animating reading every day and 100 strategies for animating reading in high school. Her book When the tales grow was published in Costa Rica in six editions, and also in Colombia by Publishing Black Sheep, in Cuba by Publishing New People, in Peru by Publisher Malabares and in the Dominican Republic by Publishing Sanctuary. Her book The cuentasueños was published by Atabal (2006) in Costa Rica and by Izar Editions in Uruguay. In 2013, she published The world of imaginary friends.

She has also contributed stories to various anthologies: Unidentified Object and other tales of science fiction, Cobwebs, Costa Rican tales of terror, The end of the world: apocalyptic tales, Buajaja: tales of fear for brave children, Penumbras, and others.