A Surprise for Mrs. Tortoise

Paula Merlán was born a sunday morning in Vigo (Pontevedra). After graduating in Law, she sook her vocation as an educator, graduating in Education years later. Her lessons in reading encouragement got her to start creating stories, and in 2012 she published her first picture book, while also winning the Children's Books Without Borders Contest by Otxarkoaga with her ¿Conoces la magia de Marit?, a book published in Braille in collaboration with ONCE (National Organization of Spanish blind people). She also obtains a Special Mention in the Casila Ordólez Children's Books Contest for her Virtuoso Melodías. She currently teaches first grade, and has published ten books, some of them in multiple languages.

Sonja loves painting pictures and telling stories. After studying and working some years as a graphic designer in her hometown of Munich, and Brussels, she decided to pack her suitcase and move to Barcelona to study Illustration at the "Llotja" Arts and Crafts School. Since then she lives between brushes and all kinds of wonderful tales, working as freelance illustrator around the world. Over the last years various of her books have been awarded in the United States. The Journey of The Captain Scaredy Cat is her first book with NubeOcho Ediciones. Her book Bogo, the Fox Who Wanted Everything is a Junior Library Guild Selection.