Lily Hofmann who is from german and spanish origin was born in Salamanca, Spain. She studied german filologie in the university of Salamanca and nursing in the university of Munich, Germany. Since she was little she didn't only loved to read, but to write her own storys too. As an adult she learnt to draw and paint and so she wanted to public the stories that she told her children when they were little. All the illustrations in her books are self made just like the rhymes.
