Cristina Sitja Rubio was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and studied fine art in Montreal, Quebec, specializing in printmaking. In 2007, she decided to become an illustrator, and has since created a number of successful picture books, such as Strange Creatures and Amis Retrouvés (Éditions Les Fourmis Rouges). Cristina lives and works between Berlin, Germany, and Barcelona, Spain. Cristóbal León is a filmmaker and visual artist. He has made several short films, many of them using stop-motion animation. Much of this work is done together with Joaquín Cociña, forming the duo León & Cociña. His work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, the Museum of Modern Art in Buenos Aires and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, among many other places. Cristóbal lives and works in Chile.