Pauline Oud graduated from art school in 1985 and worked as an artist and art teacher for many years before applying her knowledge to her first love, children's books. She starts every day with a long run to clear her head and to think about her drawings. Pauline collects children's books for inspiration, she likes to visit the Museum of Medieval Art to look at books that were illustrated centuries ago. Pauline lives in Utrecht, the Netherlands, with her husband and her two children, Roos and Walt.