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Nele Palmtag was born in Böblingen in 1973 and trained as an occupational therapist before studying illustration in Bremen and Hamburg. She lives with her family in Hamburg and works as a freelance illustrator. She draws and creates collages for other authors as well as for her own texts, which are also recorded as audio…

Heidemarie Brosche (born 1955) was a secondary school teacher until her retirement and has been successfully writing children’s books, young adult novels and non-fiction books for over 30 years. In her books and lectures, she promotes a spirit of togetherness based on mutual appreciation. www.h-brosche.de    

Janet Fox is the author of fiction and nonfiction books for young readers. Her work has received numerous awards and accolades including a SCBWI Golden Kite Award, a Bank Street Best Books Award, and the Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award Master List. Janet received a Master of Science degree from the University of New…

Debbie Loren Dunn is an author of nonfiction books for children and young adults based in Texas. She graduated with a degree in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin and worked in the computer industry for twenty years specializing in databases and data mining. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of…

Timo Grubing, born in 1981, studied design in Münster and has since lived and worked as an illustrator in his hometown of Bochum, where he regularly ventures into the comic genre, primarily illustrating children’s and young adult books. He particularly enjoys illustrating action-packed covers for all kids who love adventure!

Sibel Susann Teoman has a Greek grandfather, a French grandmother and a Tatar grandmother, a German father and a Turkish mother. Add to that a husband who is half Turkish and half Bosnian and two children who grew up trilingual in four countries, and you have a fun mix of different languages and cultures! After…

Kaja Grimme has lived in a small village in England, a metropolis in the USA and three different houses in Stuttgart, but she feels most at home in her own stories. She studies literature at Lake Constance and spends her nights writing poetry slams and books full of puzzles and twists. ‘Das kartografische Komplott’ (The…

Lena Schall, born in 1983, studied media design and illustration in Münster. She has been living in Berlin since 2011, where she creates illustrations and animated films. She uses a variety of techniques and styles, from drawings and collages to paper art and modelled figures and scenes.

Phùng Nguyên Quang is a children book author and illustrator based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. His work is inspired by the cultural and traditional of Vietnam and South Asia.

John Coy is the author of young adult novels, the 4 for 4 middle-grade series, and nonfiction and fiction picture books including Hoop Genius, Game Changer, Their Great Gift, Dads, If We Were Gone, and Where We Come From. He has received numerous awards for his work including a Marion Vannett Ridgway Award, a Charlotte…