Lopez Serves Up Delish Dish

The landmark film Real Women Have Curves empowered women of all shapes and sizes to embrace their curve appeal. In the process, it garnered two Sundance Film Festival Awards, a National Board of Review Award and an Independent Spirit Award. The coming-of-age story also thrust its star, America Ferrera, into the national spotlight and on the road to an Emmy Award as the title character in the ABC hit series Ugly Betty.

Playwright Josefina Lopez wrote Real Women Have Curves and co-wrote the screenplay with George LaVoo. Together, they shared the prestigious Humanitas Prize for Screenwriting.

In March 2009, Lopez debuts her first novel, Hungry Woman in Paris (Grand Central Publishing) and its a delish dish. Story will appeal to anyone who has ever felt completely at odds with their present life, disillusioned with their future and chooses flight over fight.

Our protagonist, Canela, flees LA to Paris. On a whim, she enrolls in the world's top cooking school. Her senses soon come alive as she begins to taste the joys of food, intimacy and self-acceptance - basic ingredients for happiness. Hungry Woman in Paris is a manifesto for lonely hearts and a literary triumph for Lopez.