Rafa Sánchez was born in Aguilar de Campos, a very small town in Valladolid, but very soon was taken to Madrid. There she started to read and write and she later trained as a teacher. In 1995 she founded the Cháchara Cuentacuento group. As a writer, storyteller and monologuist, she has published almost twenty titles. Her books are filled with humour and comical, at times surreal situations