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
Authors & Illustrators
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
Annette Herzog, born near Berlin in 1960, studied Danish and English at the University in Greifswald. She’s been living in Copenhagen since 1991. She has four grown children and has been writing children’s books and audio plays both in Danish and German. www.annetteherzog.com
on 25 October 2020
Katrin Stangl, born in 1977, studied at the Leipzig School of Graphics and Book Art. She uses different techniques to illustrate her own and other authors’ texts. She has been a member of the artist group SPRING since 2009. She teaches drawing at the FH Aachen and gives workshops in Germany and abroad. Her works…
on 15 August 2020
Lisa Maria Wagner was born in 1986. Studied psychology in Graz. Drawings for the theater play “No distance left to run”, (theater acme- / dramagraz), Graz 2013. In 2014 she founded the design label lisalottchen and participated in the design festival assembly from 2011 to 2014. Lisa is currently busy with colorful blackmail letters for…
on 29 March 2020
Born in 1966, Anna Schindler grew up in a house full of books in the Odenwald with four siblings. She was deeply impressed by personal encounters with Astrid Lindgren and Michael Ende. At the age of 14, she moved to Switzerland. She wrote stories, a play and read. Since 2015, she has immersed herself as…
on 22 March 2020
Katrin Dageför was born in 1966. Following her A-levels, she lived in Montreal for a year, then went to Krefeld to study Graphic Design. Once she had obtained her diploma, she looked for a job in Hamburg, where she worked as Art Director in various advertising agencies. After her parental leave she dedicated herself entirely…
on 22 March 2020
Raffaela Schöbitz is a freelance illustrator and author from Vienna. Her graphic novel The Blissful Islands appeared as part of the five-volume debut novel People are Sitting at the Edge of the World Laughing (Suhrkamp Verlag, 2018). In addition to graphic novels, she mainly illustrates children’s books, but also record covers or illustrations for magazines….
on 16 March 2020
Lena Hesse is a German illustrator and graphic artist who mainly works in the field of picture and children’s books. She is a trained media designer for digital and print media and studied design at the Münster University of Applied Sciences and at the Escuela de Arte y Diseño in Valencia. Lena Hesse lives in…
on 15 March 2020
Juan Feliu Sastre (Mallorca, 1971), a versatile artist, studied Engineering, Technical Architecture as well as Geography and History. Founder of the Mallorcan band Vacabou (2002-2014), in which he played an instrument and was a composer, he has collaborated with writers such as Agustín Fernández Mallo, with whom he created the group Frida Laponia, or Bernardí…
on 11 March 2020
Lisa Biggi was born in Italy in 1975. After completing her studies in Philosophy, Lisa Biggi discovered the pleasure of writing and has experimented with it in many ways. She participates in poetry contests and contributes to literary magazines. She has published a book of tragicomic stories and several children’s albums. Lisa writes at night…
on 11 March 2020
Olivia Huth loves rainy days. Her first wellington boots, or rather those, that she can remember, were red with white dots. From an early age she was a master in dam construction; serious competition for the beavers. Now she has children of her own and very much enjoys romping around in the rain with her…
on 9 March 2020
Christine Ziegler was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1971. After her A-levels she studied Restoration Sciences and worked in various museums. She is fascinated by the field of tension between the past and the future. Today she writes and lives near Munich with her family, which includes an excessive computer gamer, and two chatty cats near…
on 9 March 2020