Nora Hilb was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1953. By 1985, Nora began slowly turning her thoughts to her dream of illustrating picture books. After putting together a small portfolio of illustrations, she contacted as many children’s book publishers in Argentina as she could find. By 1989, she had published her first picture book. Nora has since illustrated many, many books and has won numerous awards for her work. She now works with publishers around the world: in addition to Argentina, her illustrations appear in books in Switzerland, Spain, the United States and Canada. Nora is grateful to have had the chance to work and grow in a profession she so dearly loves. “What I like most,” she explains, “is to illustrate picture books with animal characters that combine humor and gentleness. I want to be able to transmit through my illustrations all the passion and joy I feel when I create them.”