Malena and the Hungry Lion Race

About the Book

Malena and the Hungry Lion Race was born as a dream. I saw how the people at a certain insurance broker where I worked a long time ago would let their entire life pass by at the keyboard and were clicking thousands of times a day, but that wasn’t what they dreamed about or wanted to do. They were unhappy. One day, I asked them, If they could choose, what would they do right then? They surprised me with their answers: they wanted to be painters or writers, to sell coats, or to simply live beside a river. Many people were disillusioned with the life that they had been living, and to tell the truth, I was as well. I decided that if I continued to do something that I didn’t like, at the very least, I would leave my little cousin María Paula a story that would tell her that she has to fight for her dreams, regardless of what they are, and that way, I would fulfill one of my own: that of writing a story. I made a deal with one of my best friends, Pedro, for him to help me with the illustrations, and here is the result.

About the Author

Edy was born in Atuntaqui, Ecuador on June 13, 1986. He studied primary school at Escuela Padre Doménico Leonati, where he already showed a certain passion for literature. As a young man, he studied at two high schools simultaneously, topping the class at both of them, graduating with a high school diploma both in accounting and physics and mathematics in 2004. He studied finance at the Central University of Ecuador in the city of Quito, graduating as an engineer in 2009. He currently works for the Ecuadorian government at the Secretaría Técnica del Plan Toda una Vida [State Department for the Lifetime Plan], fulfilling his greatest dreams: that of serving his people. In parallel, he works as an insurance broker on the national level. He is a dreamer who loves to write, exercise and ride his motorcycle around Ecuador.