Rodrigo Mattioli was born in Brazil in 1982. He studied social communication at the University of Brasilia and graduated in 2006 and since then he has worked with images and communication across a range of media. He discovered the world of children's books after becoming a father. He was shortlisted for the 2018 Key Colours prize and won the 2019 Apila Primera Impresión prize for 'Un Árbol' ('A Tree').