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**Pilar López Avila** is from Cáceres, Spain, and is a teacher of biology for the last twelve years. She is also the mother of three children. The award winning author **Paula Merlán** was born a Sunday morning in Vigo (Pontevedra) in Spain. After graduating in Law, she pursued her vocation as an educator, graduating as a teacher years later. The lessons at university promoting reading, encouraged her to start writing stories, and in 2012 she published her first picture book. She won the **_Children's Books Without Borders Contest by Otxarkoaga**_ with her _¿Conoces la magia de Marit?_ , a book published in Braille in collaboration with ONCE (Spanish NGO for blind people). She also obtained a Special Mention in the Casila Ordólez Children's Books Contest for her _Virtuoso Melodías_. She currently teaches first grade, and has published ten books, some of them translated into many languages. Words and illustrations have always been part of award winning **Concha Pasamar's** life. For a few years, illustration has been added to her dedication to teaching and research of the Spanish language, which sometimes also takes her along the path of writing.