Rachel de Queiroz was born on November 17, 1910 in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. She was a writer, known for
As Três Marias (1980),
The Bandit (1953) and
Dôra Doralina (1982). She was married to Oyama de Macedo and José Auto da Cruz Oliveira. She died on November 4, 2003 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.