Leticia Ruifernández was born in Madrid in 1976. She is an Architect by training. Her interest in paining as a means of storytelling has directed her professional career to focus on the world of illustration and on the creation of numerous books featuring both text and images. In 2020 she founded her own publishing house, Papel Continuo, where she was able to find a home for some of her most personal projects. Her work has been published in Italy, Canada, and Korea, and she has received prizes in international and national competitions. Since 2005 she has lived in Cáceres, Extremadura. Prizes: "Poemario di campo" (Countryside Poetry) won the Cuatrogatos Foundation Prize (Miami), the Oreste Pelagatti National Poetry Prize (Italy); "Cuidad de Alicante" (The City of Alicante) won 1st prize in the 5th International Picture Book Competition; Second place in the Biblioteca Insular del Cabildo de Gran Canarias' Children's Picture Book Competition.