Bolormaa Baasansuren graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in Mongolia and also studied children's book illustrations in Italy and Russia. She has won numerous awards, including Distinguished Best Book of Mongolia and prizes at the International Competition of Illustration (Teatrio/UNICEF) for her illustrations in Tales on Horseback, the Grand Prize at the international picture book competition of the National Cultural Festival in Fukuoka, Japan, for The Legend of Wives' Hair, and the Grand Prize at the Noma Concours for the Japanese edition of My Little Round House. She lives in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.