Ana Garriga

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About The Author

Ana Garriga is a scholar of early modern Spain and Latin America. She earned her PhD from Brown University in 2024. Prior to joining the Department of Hispanic Studies at Brown, she completed a PhD at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid with a dissertation on the letters of the nun Teresa of Ávila (1515–82), for which she received the extraordinary PhD award. In 2014, she earned a prestigious Fulbright scholarship. She launched Las hijas de Felipe with Carmen Urbita in 2020.

Books by Ana Garriga

Convent Wisdom

How Sixteenth-Century Nuns Could Save Your Twenty-First-Century Life

By Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita
“Delightful.” —The Guardian • “Cheeky.” —The New York Times • “Insightful.” —Marie Claire • A not-so-saintly self-help book that dives into the wild, wise, and unconventional lives of 16th- and 17th-century nuns and proves one thing: no matter the century, nuns know best.
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