Béa Gonzalez was born in Spain and immigrated to Canada as a child.
Following studies in Spain and Toronto, she pursued postgraduate studies in
London, England, where she received an MA in Literary and Historical Studies
from the University of London. Gonzalez is the author of many articles,
literary essays and reviews. She is also a lecturer and educator and designs and
leads tours to Spain and Latin America to study their poets and writers. She is
the author of two novels, The Bitter Taste of Time and The Mapmaker’s Opera.
To date, her books have been published in seven countries.

Gonzalez is also a founding member of the Ontario Great Books Council, affiliated
with the Great Books Foundation of Chicago, which promotes the shared
enquiry method developed by the Foundation to explore the world’s great works
of literature.