Jairo Buitrago


Writer, illustrator and researcher of children’s literature and film history. He won the 2007 A La Orilla del Viento Award with the book Camino a casa, in the company of Rafael Yockteng; the 2019 Castillo Hispano-American Children’s Novel Award with Al principio viajábamos solas; the 2020 Antonio García Cubas Award for best Mexican book for children; and was nominated for Kirkus Award in U.S. in 2019 for Walk with me (English version of Camino a casa). He was born in Bogotá and lives in Mexico City.