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…
Authors & Illustrators
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…
on 21 March 2021
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…
on 21 March 2021
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.
on 9 March 2021
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”….
on 26 February 2021
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
on 26 February 2021
Sonja Kurzbach was born in East Frisia in 1983 and moved to Bremen after graduating from high school, where she trained and worked as a media designer. In 2013, she won a scholarship to AID Berlin through a competition, which eventually drew her to the capital. Away from the drawing table, she loves karate, screen…
on 26 February 2021
Michael Roher, * 1980 in Lower Austria, trained as a social worker in Vienna. His love for the circus, for drawing and design as well as for working with people determines his activities and projects. He has received numerous awards for his children’s books, including: Dixi Children’s Literature Prize, Romulus Candea Prize, Illustration Prize of…
on 25 February 2021
Nicole Mahne was born in Verl, East Westphalia in 1972. She had to struggle through a difficult time at school before she was finally allowed to study German, linguistics and education. She has been working as a freelance editor and copywriter since 2006. She lives in Bielefeld with her husband, daughter, dog and cat. She…
on 22 February 2021
The artist and illustrator Katharina Naimer was born in Lower Bavaria in 1979. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Until 2017, she ran the children’s studio PABLiTO and worked mainly on art and creative projects with children, before she turned back to her own artistic work. Her work focuses on fairytale…
on 22 February 2021
Tine Schulz (* 1981), works as an illustrator and artist for publishers, magazines and organizations – preferably for children and everything that is fair, social, sustainable and makes the world a little better. After training as a media designer, a few years as a graphic designer and studying communication design, she now works as a…
on 18 February 2021
Dita Zipfel, born 1981, is a writer of illustrated childrens books, theater plays, screenplays and novels. She was just awarded with the German Youth Literature Award 2020 and the Korbinian – Paul Maar-Preis 2020. www.ditazipfel.de
on 18 February 2021
Finn-Ole Heinrich, born in 1982, is one of the most acclaimed young german authors. His short story collection die taschen voll wasser was published by mairisch Verlag in 2005, picking up enthusiastic reactions from readers and critics, as did his following books Räuberhände and Gestern war auch schon ein Tag. His books for children (published at Hanser Verlag and later…
on 18 February 2021
Katja Spitzer studied art history and history in Halle and illustration in Leipzig and in Luzern (Switzerland). Today she lives in Berlin, creating illustrations for books and teaching children and adults how to draw. www.katja-spitzer.de
on 18 February 2021
Saša Stanišić was born 1978 in Višegrad (Yugoslawia) geboren; since 1992 he is living in Germany. His short stories and novels (Vor dem Fest, Herkunft a.o.) have been translated into more than 30 languages and he received countless awards, most notably the German Book Prize in 2019. Currently, he lives in Hamburg – and so does his son Nikolai,…
on 18 February 2021
Gitte Spee was born in Indonesia in 1950. When she was eleven years old, she moved to the Netherlands with her family. She studied illustration in Amsterdam. Since then she has illustrated numerous books for international publishers, in Germany she is particularly known for the pictures for Dagmar Chidolue’s Millie books.
on 17 February 2021
Bernadette Vermeij was born in Woerden in the Netherlands in 1979. She works for the Dutch foundation for children who are deaf or hard of hearing in Amsterdam. She is particularly interested in the promotion of language development in children. Let’s Build a Hut! is her first children’s book.
on 17 February 2021
Thomas Kriebaum was born in Vienna in 1968. He lives and works in Vienna. He creates comical drawings for the Augustin or AutoTouring, among others. He received the Outstanding Artist Award 2010 in the category “Caricature and Comic”. https://www.derkriebaum.at/
on 14 February 2021
Rosemarie Eichinger came to Vienna to study history and still lives in Vienna today with her husband, daughter and snail. She works as a freelance writer and has received various awards and grants for her work.
on 14 February 2021
Katrine Clante, born in Copenhagen in 1973, grew up in the Danish countryside. She studied visual communication at the Danish School of Design and has been working as an illustrator since 2003. She has received various prestigious awards. www.katrineclante.dk
on 25 October 2020