Authors & Illustrators

Fran Pintadera was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 1982. He studied Social Education and Psycho-pedagogy. He is an oral storyteller, he tells stories as well as writes them, sometimes in that order, sometimes the other way around, and he is also a director of social theater. As a writer he has obtained…

As a doctor and researcher, -Dr. Johanna Klement knows her way around the body. But she enjoys researching exciting topics for children’s books just as much. She lives with her family in Lübeck and loves the sea. She also loves her body cells – but only if they are not too rebellious! johannaklement.de

Valeria Docampo finds inspiration for her illustrations in everyday life. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she also graduated in graphic design. Since 2003, she has devoted herself entirely to illustrating children’s books. valeriadocampo.com

John Millen Lasenby (9 March 1931 – 27 September 2019), commonly known as Jack Lasenby, was one of New Zealand’s most important children’s book authors. His novels and short stories earned numerous honours, including key awards and fellowships. After publishing his first novel, The Lake, he wrote dozens of books for children and young adults….

Tessa Sima, born in Vienna, began hercreative career at the age of seven when she built a robot that said swear words to her teachers. Many longer stays abroad in countries such as Iran, China, Estonia and Denmark have had a lasting impact on her world view and her work. In 2021 she graduated from…

Leopold Maurer, born in Vienna in 1969; studied sociology at the University of Vienna, studied painting and graphic arts at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Since 1998 freelance artist in the fields of animation, cartoon, comic and illustration. Lives and works in Vienna and Lower Austria.  

Regina Hofer was born in Linz, Austria. She is a freelance animator and illustrator, and she holds degrees in graphic design from the Mozarteum University Salzburg and painting and graphic design from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.   

Eric Schwarz was born in Saarbrücken in 1996, where he also studied communication design, as well as graphic storytelling at the LUCA School of Arts in Brussels. Since graduating, he has been working independently as an illustrator. He publishes his 4-panel webcomics or shorter series all by himself and online on Instagram, where over 25…

Adrian Wylezol is an illustrator, graphic artist and musician. He has contributed as a draughtsman to numerous publications of the illustrator group Poste Aérienne, and in the field of visual arts he is particularly interested in collages. His works have been exhibited several times. He lives and works in Berlin.

Sascha Reh studied history, philosophy and German studies. He has received many awards for his novels, including the Niederrheinischer Literaturpreis in 2011 and the Literaturpreis Ruhr in 2015. In 2018, he was nominated for the Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize. Sascha Reh lives with his family near Berlin.

Halina Kirschner works as a freelance illustrator and designs books, posters, program booklets and much more. Her books »Trecker kommt mit« (with Finn-Ole Heinrich & Dita Zipfel) and »Das ist das Bauhaus!« were awarded »Most Beautiful German Books«. Most recently, she illustrated »Trieste Centrale« by Jaroslav Rudiš.   

Christine Werner has been working as a freelance author and journalist for ARD radio for 25 years, writing and producing mainly reports, especially on socio-political and social issues. For this she is on the road a lot. She likes to spend the night with friends, live temporarily in other families and draws inspiration from them….

Beate Hanika, born in Regensburg in 1976, is a photographer and worked as a model for several years. Today she writes poems, short stories and novels for young people and adults, for which she has won several awards. She lives with her family near Regensburg.

Merle Goll, born in 1975 on the Kiel Fjord, went to England as an au pair after her A-levels, studied Graphic Design in Bristol and still lives on the island. In the meantime, the mother of two lives in Twickenham and works there as an illustrator. There are no fish in her bathtub, but her…

Birge Tetzner would like to go on a journey through time herself. Unfortunately, no one has invented a suitable time key yet. So she sends the archaeologist’s son Fred on a journey into the past. Birge loves to look for stories in history. When she is not dreaming up a new adventure for Fred, she…

Birgit Schössow is from Hamburg and studied Illustration at the Fachschochschule für Gestaltung in Hamburg. She now lives on the Baltic Sea and illustrates, designs, writes texts, makes animations and also the music for children and adults. Some of her covers for “The New Yorker” have been published in the “Society of illustrators”, New York…

Sibylle Wulff studied “Conservation and Restoration of Paintings and Polychrome Sculptures” in Stuttgart and Newcastle. Since 2007, she has been in charge of the over 600-year-old Custody / Art Collection of the University of Leipzig as a restorer.

Fabienne Meyer studied “Conservation and Restoration of Art on Paper, Library and Archive Materials” in Stuttgart. She did her doctorate on pollutants in museums and works as a restorer at the Museum of Prints and Drawings of the National Museums in Berlin.

Martina Leykamm studied communication design in Nuremberg and London. She has lived in Berlin since 2000 and works as a freelance illustrator for book publishers, newspapers, magazines and companies. martinaleykamm.de

Numerous children’s and gift books by Thomas Endl have been published by well-known publishing houses. Some of his books were named “Book of the Month” by the German Academy for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Yet he actually trained as a journalist and filmed documentaries for television as a director. He has dreamlike conditions for…