Paco Ortega was born in Seville, Spain, but has lived practically all his life in Morón de la Frontera. He graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Seville. Since 2004, he has been working as a graphic designer. His first illustrated book, El niño y el cofre, was published in 2016 by the publisher En Huida. He has published almost a dozen illustrated book with various publishers as author and illustrator, or only as an illustrator. In his works the sensitivity he tackles stands out.