Begoña Oro was born in Zaragoza. Over a million children have started reading with her books, such as Ensalada de letras or La pandilla de la ardilla and have wanted to continue reading with her Misterios a domicilio, Los superhéroes de los miércoles or Monsterchef. Her characters Rasi the squirrel, Troti, and El dragón de las letras are especially well-known.
She is also the author of poetry books and numerous books for pre-readers, like 'Tres monstruos en el baño' or 'Cuentos bonitos para quedarse fritos'.
She is also a young adult novelist, with works like 'Pomelo y limón', winner of the Gran Angular Award 2011 and Hache Award 2012, 'Croquetas y wasaps', 'Tú tan cáncer y yo tan virgo', co-written with the scientist Alberto J. Schuhmacher, which received the Jaén Award, and 'Amor & Hate', written with Belén Gopegui, Nando López, and Roberto Santiago.
She has received the Artes y Letras Award and the Lazarillo Award for illustrated album for Un fuego rojo, alongside Paloma Corral.
Some of her works have been translated into German, Korean, Greek, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Persian, Turkish...
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