Susana Fortes is a Spanish writer and columnist. Susana Fortes graduated in Geography and History at the University of Santiago de Compostela and in American History at the University of Barcelona. She combines her passion for novels with her work as a secondary school teacher in Valencia. In the past, she also has taught Spanish and Art History and participated in various University conferences in Louisiana and California. Her novel El amante alban�s was runner up in the 2003 Planeta literary prize. The novel Esperando a Robert Capa won the 2009 Fernando Lara prize. 

1959 in Pontevedra