Laura Esquivel Signed Firsts: A Reference

Laura Esquivel (born 1950) is the Mexican novelist whose debut Like Water for Chocolate (1989) became one of the bestselling Latin American novels of the late twentieth century. The novel’s fusion of recipes, magical realism, and romance created a new subgenre — “culinary magical realism” — and the 1992 film adaptation became the highest-grossing foreign-language film in U.S. history at that time.

Signed Copy Market Values

• Signed Like Water for Chocolate English first: $30–$75
• Unsigned English first: $8–$15

Esquivel has been a willing signer, making signed copies available at moderate prices.