Elizabeth Builes was born in Medellín. She has dedicated herself to exploring nature through visual storytelling. In 2013, she won the Tragaluz Illustration Award and thanks to this recognition she participated in the book ‘Johnny and the Sea’, by the writer Melba Escobar, which was included in the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany. She has published in several publishing houses in Colombia and Latin America. Her assistants, Piñata and Carambolo, accompany her on long days of drawing and greet her when she comes home from running.