Nathalie Polfliet was born in Brussels in 1974. She studied illustration at the Saint Luc Institute in Brussels‚ and started her career as a teacher. She also worked for a while as a designer for the stylist creator Sarah Pacini and made handicraft for children. In 2007 she was selected to draw the advertisement for "La fureur de lire"‚ an annual event to promote books in Belgium. Her art catches the eye of Mijade’s art director and Nathalie starts to illustrate her first children’s book: "An ogre in our house".