Margarita del Mazo (born 17 October 1960) is a Spanish writer of children's literature.
Margarita del Mazo earned a law degree from the Complutense University of Madrid. In the late 1990s, she began narrating live stories, and in 2009, she published her first book, La máscara del león.
She teaches storytelling, creative writing, reading animation, puppet and theater workshops, as well as teacher training courses in and private centers (nursery schools and institutes).
She collaborates with the Instituto Cervantes on several of its festivals (Day E, Festival àand Cervantino Day of Children's and Young Adult Literature), in different national and international venues, with presentations, workshops, author meetings and narration sessions. She also works with institutions such as the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofÃÂa, the Museo ABC, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, the Community of Madrid, CastillaâÂÂLa Mancha, the , the in Matadero, town halls, hospitals, festivals (BITA, Etnosur, Hay Festival, etc.), and narration marathons such as Guadalajara's and the Parla Cuenta Festival.
She has carried out several presentations at conferences and festivals of literature and illustration (IlustraTour, Hay Festival). In 2010, she participated in the International Congress of Art, Education, and Visual Culture in Early Childhood and Primary Education.
In 2017, she was invited to Chicago and other communities in Illinois, to participate in narration sessions and meetings with authors and teachers in bilingual centers and libraries.