Pablo Carbonell was born in Cádiz in 1962. A versatile personality, he began his career working on the TV programme, "La bola de cristal" (The Crystal Ball). He is an illustrator, actor, singer (with "Los Toreros Muertos" and as a solo artist), screen director (“Atún y Chocolate”, Tuna and Chocolate), TV presenter and general Spanish Pop-culture fanatic. His first novel, "Pepita", came out in 2019 and "Oda al Mar" (Ode to the Sea) represents his first steps into the world of children's literature. Since January 2020 he's been a presenter on the TVE channel 2 programme, "Sánchez y Carbonell" (Sánchez and Carbonell)