Delia Fiallo

Delia Fiallo (born 4 July 1924) is a Cuban author and screenwriter who lives in Miami, Florida. She is one of the most distinguished representatives of the contemporary romance novel, dabbling in various genres which appear in her literary output.

Due to the contributions she made to the rise of the melodrama genre in the late 1970s and mid–1980s, she is considered to be the "mother of the Latin American telenovela". In all, over 80 successful adaptations have been made of her soap operas in different countries and languages. Provided by Wikipedia