About me
«Draw an angry face, a happy face, a sad face…» It was a drawing book for children, with the outline of a face leaving a blank space in the middle to fill in
At the height of a five-year-old girl, all the daisies on the wallpaper in my parents’ house appeared one day angry, happy, sad…
Years later, I studied Fine Arts in Madrid and then did a postgraduate degree in illustration in Valencia, so I like to think that this was a sign of things to come and not just mischief.
Today, the text arrives on my study table and I return to my daisies, see the blank space and the game begins…
Awards & Exhibitions
2026 — Winner, Bologna Ragazzi Award (Fiction), Ingrávida
2026 — Finalist, Illustrators Exhibition, Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Grande y pequeña
2026 — Award, Fundación Cuatrogatos, Ingrávida
2025 — Winner, Premio Internacional Compostela, Grande y pequeña
2025 — Shortlisted, Prix des Incorruptibles, La mejor jugada de Madani
2025 — Prix des P’tits D’monts, La mejor jugada de Madani
2025 — Prix du Jury L.I.R.E de la Cité Éducative du Havre, La mejor jugada de Madani
2025 — Prix littéraire de la Somme, La mejor jugada de Madani
2024 — Selected for the BRAW Amazing Bookshelf, Bologna Ragazzi Award, Diario desayuno
2024 — Award, Fundación Cuatrogatos, Diario desayuno
2024 — Selected Illustrator, 44th Annual The Original Art Exhibition, Society of Illustrators, Madani’s Best Game
2024 — Prix IBBY Belgique (Translated Picture Books), La mejor jugada de Madani
2023 — Best Children’s Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education, La mejor jugada de Madani
2022 — Winner, Illustrators Exhibition, Bologna Children’s Book Fair
2022 — Fanfare Booklist, The Horn Book Magazine, La mejor jugada de Madani
2022 — Starred Review, The Horn Book Magazine, La mejor jugada de Madani
2022 — Selection, Junior Library Guild, La mejor jugada de Madani
2022 — Recommended Title, Fundación Cuatrogatos, La mejor jugada de Madani
2022 — One of ACHUKA’s Best Books of the Year, La mejor jugada de Madani
2021 — Best Spanish-Language Books for Children, New York Public Library, La mejor jugada de Madani
2018 — Selected Illustrator, 9th Iberoamérica Ilustra Catalogue
2018–2020 — Selected Illustrator, Babakamo International Illustration Festival