Maria Mercedes Ortoll

Maria Mercedes Ortoll (born in the Canary Islands) was a popular Spanish author of more than 70 romance novels between 1930 and 1963.

Biography
María de las Mercedes Ortol Wintero was born in the Canary Islands of Spain. She married the painter and soldier Antonio Galindo Casalas (d. 1992), who accompanied her to all her destinations in Ceuta, Gran Canaria or Cáceres. In 1966 she was named a member of the Cultural and Social Academy of Paris.