Mattel Creations has added Isabel Allende to its Barbie Inspiring Women Series. The company "proudly honors author and activist Isabel Allende. Now one of the most widely read writers in the world, Isabel Allende first began raising her powerful voice while in exile from a military coup in her home country of Chile. She began a letter, that would become a book, that would become a lifetime of telling the stories of women and girls."
The doll costs $35 and will be available to the public later in October. For ordering information, click here.
In other Allende news, Ballantine is publishing the author's next novel, My Name Is Emilia del Valle, on May 6, 2025, which, the publisher says, "follows the story of a woman much like Isabel herself and what her Barbie represents--an impassioned female writer breaking barriers, challenging gender norms, and being a voice for the voiceless. Set in the late 1800s, Emilia starts out writing under a man's pen name, but she goes on to reclaim her given name and go on a life-changing voyage from San Francisco to Chile to cover a brewing civil war. There, she falls in love, reconnects with her estranged father, and finds herself in the literal trenches of war and political danger. And ultimately, she discovers her roots and rises to her destiny."