智利裔美国作家伊莎贝尔·阿连德（Isabel Allende）于1982年大受好评，创作了她的处女作。这部小说起初是给她垂死的祖父的一封信，是一部神奇的现实主义作品，描绘了智利的历史。 阿连德从1月8日开始写《精神之屋》，随后在那一天开始写她所有的书。 她的大多数作品通常都包含魔幻现实主义和生动的女性角色元素。 《野兽之城》（City of Beasts，2002）是又一大型商业成功。
Chilean-American writer Isabel Allende was critically acclaimed in 1982 and wrote her debut. The novel was originally a letter to her dying grandfather, a magical realistic work that depicts the history of Chile. Allende began writing The House of Spirits on January 8, and then began writing all her books that day. Most of her works often contain elements of magic realism and vivid female characters. City of Beasts (2002) is another major commercial success.