Edy Lima

Edy Maria Dutra da Costa Lima, best known as Edy Lima (July 7, 1924 – May 1, 2021), was a Brazilian writer. She wrote more than fifty works, among them the children's book series "A Vaca Voadora. Lima" also wrote stage plays and screenplays for telenovelas.
Biography.
Lima was born in Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, in 1924. In 1941, at age 17, she moved to Porto Alegre, where she worked as a reporter for the "Revista do Globo" magazine. Later she moved to São Paulo, where she wrote for newspapers Jornal de São Paulo and Diário de S. Paulo. Lima published her first children's book in 1945, "A moedinha amassada"; in 1972 she wrote "A Vaca Voadora" ("The Flying Cow"), the first of a series of seven books. 
She was part of the Teatro de Arena de São Paulo, which staged her play "A farsa da esposa perfeita", directed by Augusto Boal; Lima also adapted Carolina Maria de Jesus' book "Quarto de Despejo" for the stage. On television, she wrote the telenovela "Como Salvar Meu Casamento", aired in 1979 on TV Tupi. 
Edy Lima died in São Paulo, on May 1, 2021.
Books.
1945 - "A moedinha amassada"
1948 – "O macaco e o confeito"
1952 – "O menor anão do mundo"
1952 – "Uma aventura pela história do Brasil"
1958 – "Minuano"
1972 – "A vaca voadora"
1973 – "A vaca na selva"
1973 – "A vaca deslumbrada"
1975 – "A vaca proibida"
1975 – "A vaca submarina"
1976 – "A farsa da esposa perfeita"
1976 – "A vaca invisível"
1977 – "A vaca misteriosa"
1979 – "O poder do superbicho"
1980 – "Magitrônica"
1985 – "Brincando com fogo"
1985 – "Cobertos de terra"
1985 – "Flutuando no ar"
1985 – "Melhor que a encomenda"
1985 – "Mergulho na água"
1986 – "Como pagar a dívida sem fim"
1986 - "Lourenço Benites", "Pisces in Aquario"
1987 – "A gente que ia buscar o dia"
1987 – "Mãe que faz e acontece"
1988 – "Mãe assim quero pra mim"
1990 – "O outro lado da galáxia"
1992 – "Pai sabe tudo e muito mais"
1992 – "Papai maravilha"
1993 – "Linha reta e linha curva" (vários autores)
1995 – "A gente e as outras gentes"
1995 – "Bicho de todo jeito e feitio"
1995 – "Presente de amigo e inimigo"
1996 – "A escola nossa de cada dia"
1996 – "Pátria adorada entre outras mil"
1997 – "Índio cantado em prosa e verso"
2000 – "Ao sol do novo mundo"
2000 – "Domínio da incerteza"
2005 – "A quadratura do círculo"
2005 – "Primeiro amor"
2006 – "Histórias de futebol" (vários autores)
2006 – "O caneco dourado"
2009 – "A sopa de pedra"
2009 – "Os patinhos lindos e os ovos de ouro"
2009 – "Bobos e espertos"
2011 – "A casa assombrada"
2011 – "Opiniões irreverentes"