Authors & Illustrators

Amanda McCrina is the author of several YA historical novels. After three years of teaching at an international school outside Madrid, Spain, she now lives outside Nashville, Tennessee, where she works as a bookseller.

Shannon Hitchcock grew up on her grandparents’ farm in rural North Carolina. She is the author of numerous middle grade novels including Ruby Lee & Me, The Ballad of Jessie Pearl, and One True Way.

Gaby D’Alessandro is a Dominican illustrator based in NYC. Gaby’s work has been recognized by Communication Arts, The Society of Illustrators, 3×3, American Illustration, and Latin American Ilustración. Her illustrated books include And, Too, the Fox; The Cot in the Living Room; and Stolen Science.

Ada Limón is the author of six books of poetry, including The Carrying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. She was the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. She lives in both Kentucky and California.

Ariana Zustra was born in Dubrovnik in 1987 and lives in Berlin as a freelance journalist and musician. After studying cultural studies and sociology at the University of Tübingen, she completed training courses at the Reportage School and the Axel Springer Academy, as well as an internship at Rolling Stone. She is the senior editor…

Susanna Harrison is an Australian illustrator, designer and creative artist from Sydney. Her clients include numerous national institutions, the Sydney Opera House and the Australian Red Cross. www.susannaharrison.com.au

Sandra Markle is the author of numerous award-winning books for children. A former elementary science teacher, she is a nationally-known science education consultant. Markle has received many honors for her series Animal Predators, Animal Scavengers, and Animal Prey. Several titles have been named as National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)/Children’s Book Council (CBC) Outstanding Science Trade…

Patricia Newman wants us all to know we are part of nature. As a Robert F. Sibert Honor recipient, she shows us how our actions ripple around the world, empowers us to find our own connections to nature, and encourages us to use our imaginations to act on behalf of our communities. Her nonfiction titles…

Becca Hall graduated from Manchester School of Art in 2014, where she received a first class honours degree, and the alumni award for illustration. Afterwards she began working as a freelance illustrator and artist. She now lives in Cornwall with her two dogs.

Anna Gusella is an illustrator and author who lives in Berlin with her family and dog Ella Propella. What she loves about her job is that drawings are not bound by reality and that you can show things that are not normally visible, whether they be feelings, fantasy creatures, thoughts or smells. The word ‘illustrate’…

Stefanie Jeschke studied visual communication at the Bauhaus University in Weimar and has been working as a freelance illustrator in Treuenbrietzen, Brandenburg, since 2012. Her original illustrations are regularly exhibited in her over 100-year-old house, which is teeming with farting mice, black sheep, and catastrophically gluttonous cats. stefaniejeschke.de

Cornelia Boese was born in Würzburg, studied at the University of Music, and worked for many years as an opera prompter. As a freelance poet, she has published numerous books and poetry collections for children and adults. www.boesesouffleuse.de

Kathrin Schärer (1969), is one of the most successful illustrators in the German-speaking world. She was nominated for the H.C. Andersen Award 2012 and the ALMA 2014 and has received several other awards. Her books regularly become bestsellers. Kathrin Schärer lives near Basel. kathrinschaerer.ch

Lorenz Pauli (1967) is one of the most popular and successful Swiss children’s book authors and storytellers. He has received numerous awards for his books, including the Swiss Children’s Book Award for »Rigo and Rosa« (Atlantis 2016). Pauli lives with his family in Bern. www.lorenz-pauli.ch

Jennie Liu is the daughter of Chinese immigrants. She has been fascinated by the attitudes, social policies, and changes in China each time she visits. Her young adult novels have won honors including a Freeman Book Award Honorable Mention and an In the Margins: Best Books for Teens award. She lives in North Carolina with…

Michaela Schwamberger, born in Upper Austria in 1996, knew from an early age that she wanted to tell stories. As a child, she wrote her first texts and illustrated them herself – and nothing has changed since then. She brings her creativity to her everyday work as a kindergarten teacher, surrounded by children’s books, colours…

Diego Dutra de Souza is a Brazilian living in Albacete, where he works in the field of sustainability, collaborative entrepreneurship and creativity.

Pablo Albo (Alicante, 1971) is a writer and oral storyteller. He told stories for the first time in 1994. He has travelled throughout Spain and visited numerous countries, telling stories in libraries, theatres and festivals. He tells stories for all kinds of audiences. He has also written more than fifty stories, which have been translated…

Christian Inaraja Genís is an artist based in Barcelona who has illustrated over a hundred books, which have been translated into several languages. Among the awards he has received are the National Prize for Best Published Book (2019), the Compostela International Prize for Illustrated Albums (2018) and the Junceda Prize (2013). He currently teaches illustration…

Ella Grace Foutz earned her bachelor of arts in liberal arts from Southern Virginia University and now resides in northern Ohio. Lullabies for the Insomniacs is her debut book.