Salvador Macip is a doctor, researcher and writer. He studied Medicine at the Universidad de Barcelona, where he also got his doctorate in molecular genetics and human physiology. He worked for nine years at the Mount Sinai hospital in New York. He currently leads a research group at the University of Leicester (UK). He has published more than thirty books and been given various prizes. He regularly contributes to the press and radio. Emilio Urberuaga was awarded the Premio Nacional de Ilustración by Spain's Ministry of Culture in recognition of his body of work, in 2011. His work has been published or exhibited in more than twenty countries and can be found in prestigious national and international collections. He is the only Spanish illustrator whose work is represented in the Chihiro Art Museum in Tokyo.