Germán Machado y Anna Aparicio

Germán Machado was born in Montevideo, Uruguay and currently lives in Vic, Barcelona, where he runs the specialist bookshop El Petit Tresor. In addition to selling books, he is also a writer and promoter of culture. His work includes stories for children and adults, poetry and picture books and has been published in both Latin America and Spain. Among other prizes he was awarded the ALIJA (IBBY Argentina) poetry prize in 2010.

Anna Aparicio (Vic, Barcelona) has a degree in Fine Arts and specialised in children's and YA literature. Her work focuses on picture books and has been published in Spain, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Brazil and China. She has won recognition in various national and international competitions including Valladolid Illustrado, Iberoamérica Ilustra (Mexico), Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrator Award (China), Nami Concours (South Korea) and the Encontro Internacional de S.Joao da Madeira (Portugal).