Victoria M. Azaro was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She studied fashion design in Argentina and then at the Whitecliffe College of Art and Design in Auckland. Victoria has worked as a stylist for leading Argentinian fashion magazine Para Ti, as a freelance fashion designer, and as a lecturer at the Whitecliffe College of Art and Design. She started writing and illustrating after her first son was born. Victoria now lives in Auckland with her husband and two sons. The Saffron series was inspired by her extensive experience of living and travelling in different cultures.