Nanen García-Contreras was born in Guadix (Granada) and when she was not climbing trees or chasing cats she would draw and write stories. She grew up and got a degree in Fine Arts in Grandada, specialising in painting, and then went to Seville to take a course in Design and Printing. Later on, after meeting many creative graphic artists, and taking master classes with recognised illustrators her passion for telling stories with pictures was reignited. Currently she combines this passion with teaching Art in secondary school, making ceramics, amimation, scultpture, and printing... She sees creation as necessary to life and without creation life is empty.