Author Isabel Allende
Caption

Author Isabel Allende / ATRIA BOOKS

Chilean-American novelist Isabel Allende has written a lot about the immigrant experience. Allende is a former journalist who fled Chile after the 1973 assassination of her uncle, who was that country’s president. She’s in Atlanta on Thursday, November 16, to promote her latest book, "In the Midst of Winter." She's speaking at the Atlanta History Center. In 2005, she recorded a deeply personal essay for the public radio series, "This I Believe."

Isabel Allende's essay for 'This I Believe'

We talked with Isabel Allende about her love for writing, how she captures the immigrant experience, and why she writes a new book every year.

Host Celeste Headlee interviews Isabel Allende