Raquel Zambujal

Raquel da Costa Zambujal was born in 2004 in the city of Viseu. Until the age of 5, she spent her childhood in the city where she was born and lives in Vila do Conde. She is 11 years old and attends the 6th grade of Basic Education 2/3 at the Frei João School in Vila do Conde, where she is an honorary student. She published her first book at the age of 8. A children's book titled: Joana's Adventures – Mischievous Dolls. Furthermore, she contributed poetry to the 5th Anthology of Contemporary Poetry – Between Sleep and Dream, published by Chiado Editora, and writes several poems daily. In her own words, she understands writing as: "Books take us to other worlds. We travel without leaving our place. While we read, it seems that the story is real and we also enter into it. I love to read. When I enter a story, I want to read forever... and the moment the book ends, the story disappears and I return to reality. Books give me inspiration to write... my imagination is full of the most beautiful stories... Books are pages of imagination!"