Nuria.Gómez Benet author page

Nuria Gómez Benet biography

Nuria Gómez Benet is a Mexican writer and poet who has written for children and young people as well as for adult readers. Trained in pedagogy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), she has combined classroom work with writing and editorial projects.

Her career includes extensive work for children’s media. She wrote scripts for radio and television series and served as head writer for the Mexican edition of Plaza Sésamo (Sesame Street). She has also led workshops for emerging writers and collaborated with children’s newspapers and cultural programmes.

Gómez Benet’s books for young readers span picture books and short fiction. Spanish-language titles include Orfo (SM, collection El Barco de Vapor), Tita y sus títeres, Gaby, chicles de canela, Para más señas, Laura, Pedro y la Mora and Matías en salto mortal. Her work has appeared with publishers such as CONACULTA, SM, Santillana and Ekaré.

Her first widely distributed English-language picture book is Montezuma’s Tantrum, created with illustrator Santiago Solís and translated by Elisa Amado, published by Aldana Libros/Greystone Kids.

Montezuma’s Tantrum was published in 2024.