Elísabet Benavent

Elísabet Benavent (known in her social networks as Betacoqueta; Gandia, 1984) is a Valencian writer, positioned as one of the most relevant writers of romance novels.^[1] She began her literary career with self-publishing her first book, En los zapatos de Valeria (2013).^[2] Her work is considered a success in more than 10 countries.^[3] Among all her publications, Benavent has sold around 3,000,000 copies.^[4] All of her novels have been published by Suma de letras, an imprint of Penguin Random House.^[5] Benavent's Valeria saga became a 2020 Netflix TV series, (Valeria), and her novel, Un cuento perfecto, was remade into a Netflix's 2023 television miniseries, A Perfect Story.

Her fondness for books began at a very young age. She does not know exactly how she began to write.^[6] She studied Audiovisual Communication at the CEU Cardinal Herrera University in Valencia.^[7] Later, she earned a master's degree at the Complutense University of Madrid in Communication and Art.^[8]

A few months after self-publishing her book En los zapatos de Valeria (2013)^[6] on the internet, Suma Publishing published the novel as the first book in the Valeria saga, which was continued by Valeria in the espejo (2013), Valeria en blanco y negro (2013), Valeria al desnudo (2013)^[9] and finally, El diario de Lola (2015).^[10] The success of the saga led it to be premiered in 2020 on Netflix in a series based on these novels that deal with the life of a group of friends.^[11]

In 2014, she released Mi elección, a trilogy made up of Alguien que no soy (2014),^[12] Alguien como tú (2015), and Alguien como yo (2015),^[13] as well as Silvia (2014), a biography made up of Persiguiendo a Silvia and Encontrando a Silvia.^[14] In 2017, came Mi isla^[15] and another series entitled Horizonte Martina which includes the titles Martina con vistas and Martina en tierra firme.^[16] In 2019, she published Toda la verdad de mis mentiras,^[17] and in 2020, Un cuento perfecto,^[18] with Netflix confirming in 2021 that a series will be made based on this story, dealing with two very different characters who have an immediate connection.^[19]

Benavent published El arte de engañar al karma in 2021,^[20] and Todas esas cosas que te diré mañana in 2022.^[21] In Los abrazos lentos (2022), Benavent talks about some reflections, poetic prose, and short stories.^[22]