Alaine Agirre Garmendia was born in 1990 in Bermeo, Basque Country, Spain. After graduating in Physics and Basque Studies, she began her career in literature. For Alaine, literature is a basic need rather than a hobby. Most of her books are aimed at children and young people. She won the Lazarillo award for Martín, the Euskadi de Plata award for X is dead (X hil da) and the Lizardi award for This is not a zoo (Hau ez da zoo bat!).