«Esta es la tierna historia de Dulce, una niña sordociega con orejas de mariposa y su mágica relación con el mundo.» Así os presento a mi nuevo tesoro. Un libro sobre una niña con orejas de mariposa, ojos de tul, boca y de fresa y gran corazón. Un libro que…
Create a book is a magic process, because at the beginning there is nothing, and then, you have a story and some images. – Maria J Cuesta *** *** ****** *** ****** *** *** Today when I woke up, I saw a kite flying free. It brought magic words that…
If somebody invites you to travel through time, would you accept? I answered yes, and so I got to the SCBWI (Society of children book writers and illustrators) conference, a congress that happens every November in Winchester. Winchester is a small village full of mysteries, houses made of Stone, magic…
When I learned about BotJoy I immediately fell in love with them. Joy Bots are little pieces of art painted on dominos, “programmed” to bring you joy, courage, confidence, help, and more. Luckily, Gary Hirsch, the creator of this amazing idea, let me paint robots in Spain and follow his…
El pasado mes de noviembre asistí a la Conferencia anual de SCBWI Reino Unido en Winchester. El título de la Conferencia era “Seriamente divertido”, así que mis expectativas eran grandes y no me decepcionó. Fue un fin de semana muy intenso en el que conocí a muchos compañeros, tanto escritores…
The book for adults «Desde la ventanilla» has been launched. Written by Mariano Fresnillo, and illustrated by me, this book takes us to the exciting, funny, emotional and moving adventures of a blind man that sells lotery in Spain. We hosted 2 launch events, the first one in CEU with…
I love radio I met Mariano Fresnillo the first time I went to Radio Nacional. We talked about «Los Piratas en Japón», about art that can help and about disability in kids books. While waiting to go in the recording studio, he told me about his books and about a…
I came back to my school a few years later. I was there on a «meet the author» workshop. I studied there for 13 years, and visiting the school again, brought thousands of memories to my mind. We had a very funny session with 3rd grade. We travelled to Japan,…
It’s here! It’s real! Los piratas en Japón, is the first book both written and illustrated by me. It is already published in Spanish and it will be published in English next June and this makes me very excited. A hilarious story of a group of pirates who, looking for…
The news I am writing about today, fills me with joy. Yesterday April 22nd, I had the great honor to be awarded as the winner of the sixth short story contest organized by the library Dragon Lector. The name of my story was «Don Quidai of the Galaxy». Although it…