Author: Begoña Oro

Begoña Oro is a Spanish writer and former editor whose books address readers at several stages of childhood and adolescence. Pomelo y limón received the 2011 Gran Angular prize and later the Hache award. Published by SM with illustrations by Ricardo Cavolo, the novel follows María and Jorge as messages, images, and attention circulating through social networks reshape their private lives. Oro makes digital communication part of the characters’ emotional reality, asking how affection changes when other people can watch, interpret, and comment. Her earlier editorial work and her continuing career as a translator connect her closely with literature for younger audiences. Pomelo y limón brings that experience into a formally alert story about reputation and the unstable border between personal experience and public display. The prize-winning novel also sits beside her better-known series work, including La pandilla de la ardilla and Misterios a domicilio, showing the breadth of her writing for young readers.