Authors & Illustrators

Ashley Jean Granillo is a Mexican American writer and educator hailing from the San Fernando Valley. She has her BA and MA in creative writing from California State University Northridge and holds her MFA in fiction from the University of California Riverside, Palm Desert. She is also a member of Las Musas, a collective of…

Luciano Lozano, born in 1969, has been working as an illustrator since 2007, after completing a postgraduate degree in Creative Illustration at the Eina School in Barcelona. In 2012, he won the Junceda Prize for the best book published abroad. In 2015, he was a finalist for the Book Award at the School Library Association…

Chiara Delle Donne graduated in Contemporary History from the University of Bologna, against the backdrop of the La Pantera student movement and demonstrations against the war in Yugoslavia. She arrived in Madrid on a postgraduate scholarship to study the anti-militarist movement in Spain. She currently lives in Alcalá de Henares. At the Diógenes bookshop she…

Ilona Einwohlt studied German language and literature, Spanish and history and worked for various publishing houses before becoming a freelance author and setting up her own office for children’s and young adult literature. She lives with her family near Darmstadt. www.ilonaeinwohlt.de

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…

Khoa Le is a picture book author and illustrator from Vietnam. Alongside her love of reading, art, and music, she draws inspiration from her journeys, discovering the beauty of the world—particularly through her deep love for the ocean and all things connected to it. Accompanied by her beloved cats, Khoa finds peace in her small…

Jilanne Hoffmann has been a zoo train engineer, a waitress, a “real” engineer, a fitness trainer, a tai chi instructor, a freelance writer for nonprofit organizations, and now enjoys writing stories for kids and adults. She has a BS in Engineering and an MFA in creative writing. Her picture book, A River of Dust, was…

Chris Park is a professional illustrator whose work has won several awards. Some of his previous clients include TBS, Team Coco, Rolling Stone, American Greetings Co., Cloudco Entertainment, Pro Publica, Sleeping Bear Press, Usborne Publishing and Lightspeed Magazine. He co-authored and illustrated his the picture books Little Sock and Little Sock Makes a Friend with…

Stephanie V. W. Lucianovic writes books in the San Francisco Bay Area surrounded by a few kids, a few cats, and one husband. Her work includes The End of Something Wonderful, Hello Star, and Touch the Sky.

Karsten Teich was born in Hannoversch Münden in 1967. After studying art at the University of the Arts in Kassel, he worked for various magazines and daily newspapers. He has written and illustrated many award-winning children’s books, including the Cowboy Klaus series (Tulipan). Karsten Teich lives in Berlin.

Gundi Herget, born in Munich in 1970, studied literature, travelled around the world and then worked as a travel editor for many years. Today, she lives with her family on the edge of the Bavarian Alps and works as a freelance author. She loves writing for children and plays drums in a rock band in…