Cristina Expósito was born in Cádiz in 1983 and grew up in Las Cabezas de San Juan, not far from Seville. She studied journalism and linguistics at the universities of Seville and Antonio de Nebrija and has worked in television and as a Spanish teacher, combining both these with her work writing stories for children and young adults. Motherhood has awakened her inner child. Her first story was published in 2016 and she hasn't stopped writing and publishing since.