Pato Mena (Chile, 1980) is a writer and illustrator working in children's literature and comics. Her books have been published in Spain, Chile, the United States, France, Italy, Argentina, Korea, China, Japan, and Macedonia. In 2020 she was awarded the Marta Brunet National Prize for Children's literature (Chile) in the infants' books category for "¡Contemos 5 ranas!" (Let's Count 5 Frogs!) and in the same year was shortlisted by both the Cuatrogatos Foundation (USA) and the Castilla-La Mancha University children's and young adult's literature research group (LIEL) as on of the 25 most important current Ibero-American picture book authors. In 2016, her book "La Siesta Perfecta" (The Perfect Siesta: Nubeocho) was among the Junior Library Guild (USA) Selections. In 2017, she obtained the prize for Best Picture Book in the International Latino Awards held in Los Angeles, USA. At the moment she lives and works in Barcelona.