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Florian Pigé is a graduate of the Émile Cohl School of Fine Arts in Lyon. During his time there, he discovered his passion for children’s literature. In his work, he focuses on the simplicity of form and explores different materials. In 2019, the original “Si petit” was given to all children born or adopted there…

Matze Döbele was born in 1975 in the Black Forest and knows about roots, mushrooms and Pine cones therefore look great. His illustrations were awarded and exhibited internationally. He lives and works as a freelance Illustrator with his family in Hamburg. www.derdoebele.de

Stefanie Kolb has been passionate about drawing since she was a child, preferably tousled animals and all kinds of people. After studying art in Mainz and training as a computer graphic artist in Berlin, she went on to illustrate for various companies, publishing houses, advertising and film agencies. Today she lives as a freelance illustrator…

Anja Günther was born in Zwickau in 1982 and studied architecture in the Vogtland. Here she learned and discovered not only the design of buildings, but also her passion for graphic design and illustration. And so she has been working on various creative projects for many years. Through her daughters, she discovered her love for…

Henrike Lippa-Wagenmann was born in 1983. She’s an enthusiastic musician and lives and works with her husband, dog and turtle on the edge of the forest in Gütersloh. She discovered her love for music as a child and since 2005 she has been running the integrative art and music school in her hometown. Besides making…

The illustrator Britta Bolle loves to create new worlds and prefers not to look at the world through adult eyes. After studying illustration in the Netherlands, she returned to Germany in 2013, where she now lives and works. She has found her professional passion by specializing in illustrations for children. brittabolle.de  

Anna Aparicio Català (Barcelona, 1991) has a degree in Fine Arts (majoring in Drawing) from the University of Barcelona and studied illustration at the Escola de la Dona de Barcelona (Women’s School of Barcelona). She combines her work as an illustrator with that of an assistant in the children’s section of a public library. She…

Hanna Jansen is an author with commitment and passion. Fourteen children from all over the world, mostly from Africa, found a new home with her and her husband. She is particularly interested in the question of how people from very different origins and cultures can live together and enrich one another. After most of her children…

Andrea Karimé, born in 1963, grew up in Kassel between the German and Lebanese language and culture. She studied art and Music education, trained in creative writing and as a storyteller and worked as a teacher. She was awarded the Austrian Children’s Literature Award for Tee mit Onkel Mustafa (Picus, 2011), and the Children’s Book…

Verena Hochleitner was born in Vienna in 1969 and studied Graphic Design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. For many years she has enjoyed living in Vienna with a view of the flak tower in Augarten. She is a freelance graphic artist, illustrator and author, mainly illustrating children’s books and designing books.

Nicolas Gorny actually wanted to become a superhero as a child. But since neither an intergalactic magic ring nor the bite of a radioactive spider gave him the desired powers, he had to follow a different destiny. Today he writes and illustrates children’s books, collects comic books and is known as the “world’s worst dancer”….

Frank Maria Reifenberg is a trained bookseller and has been writing books for children and young people since 2003. He has been awarded the Leipzig Reading Compass several times and has been nominated for the German-French Children’s Book Prize and the Catholic Children’s Book Prize.  His books have been translated into many languages. frankmariareifenberg.wordpress.com