Paco Ortega is a writer and illustrator, born and living in Seville. He has a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Seville and has worked as a graphic designer since 2004.

He began his publishing career in 2016 with El niño y el cofre and hasn’t stopped since. Some of his work has been translated and published in other languages: Portuguese, Korean, English, Italian, etc. His book Alika was shortlisted by the Cuatrogatos Award.