Bernardo P. Carvalho (Portugal) was born in Lisbon, where he both studied fine arts and design. He co-founded the publisher Planeta Tangerina with Isabel Minhós Martins, which won Best European Children’s Publisher at the Bologna Book Fair in 2013. Bernardo won the second CJ Picture Book Awards in Korea, the Portuguese National Illustration Award and an Honorable Mention Award in the Best Book Design from All Over the World, sponsored by Book Art Foundation.