The author Tàssies was born as Josep Antoni Tàssies Penella in Barbastro in Aragón, Spain, in 1963. He studied Journalism at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. His drawings have been published in Spanish newspapers like El País (Madrid), La Vanguardia (Barcelona) and El Periódico de Catalunya (Barcelona), where he has drawn lengthy series of portraits…
Authors & Illustrators
Roser Rimbau was born in Girona, Spain in 1968. She is a former journalist, former corrector and former percussionist, but she has no intention to stop writing for children. In 2006 she received La Galera’s Comte Kurt award for En Naïm s’ha descolorit (Naïm has lost color). Takatuka also published her story, El Gol (The…
on 9 September 2022
The Rosa Sardina Collective is made up of twelve illustrators from different backgrounds and experiences who coincided in the Illustration department at the Escola de la Dona in Barcelona, and who believe in collaborative work as a way to change the world. They use collage technique, where they use their drawings to create textures.
on 9 September 2022
Lars Meyer was born between two seas in the far north of Germany. He studied law, but finds that writing fantastic stories is more exciting than harping on paragraphs. For him, comics are art, films a passion and books food for the soul. He keeps fit with bodyweight training and running in the woods –…
on 5 September 2022
Marie Doerfler (*1993 in Regensburg) is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. She studied communication and graphic design at the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, Falmouth University and then illustration at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. She currently lives and works in Regensburg and Vienna. Her illustrations are inspired by nature, the everyday and…
on 4 September 2022
Nele Brönner, born in Marburg/Lahn in 1977, lives and works as an illustrator, freelance artist and comic artist in Berlin. She studied visual communication at the UdK Berlin, the Politecnico di Milano and the Accademia di Brera. Her work is published in magazines, books and newspapers (taz, Le Monde diplomatique,Stadtaspekte). www.nelebroenner.com
on 4 September 2022
Leonard Erlbruch, born in Wuppertal in 1984, studied illustration at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig. While still a student, he illustrated several children’s books, including Grandfather and the Wolves (Carl Hanser Verlag). Since graduating in 2013, he has worked as a freelance illustrator. Leonard Erlbruch’s Kinderzimmerkalender (Children’s Bedroom Calendar) has been published annually…
on 31 August 2022
Friederike Dammermann, born in Braunschweig in 1972, studied Art and German in Hamburg and Bremen with stays abroad in New York, Paris and Nimes. Besides her job as a teacher in Flensburg, she writes and illustrates children’s books. “An Elephant in Our Town” won the silver medal of the Key Colours Award 2020 in Belgium….
on 28 August 2022
Heike Herold lives and works in Cologne. Since receiving her diploma, she has worked as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator for various publishers. Among other awards, she received the Troisdorf Picture Book Scholarship in 2016. Heike Herold gives workshops and has participated in exhibitions at home and abroad with her illustrations. heikeherold.jimdofree.com
on 28 August 2022
Brigitte Schär is a writer, performer and singer. She travels the world with her multimedia reading programmes. Her books and CDs for children and adults have been translated into 16 languages and have won many awards, including the Swiss Children’s Book Prize. The author lives in Zurich. www.brigitte-schaer.ch
on 28 August 2022
Nils Mohl, born in 1971, lives as a freelance writer and scriptwriter in his native city of Hamburg and owns a caravan on the North Sea island of Amrum. He has been awarded numerous prizes for his work, including the German Children’s Literature Award (2012), the Oldenburg Children’s and Youth Book Prize (2011), the Austrian…
on 19 August 2022
Regina Kehn was born in Hamburg in 1962 and studied illustration there. In 1989 she received adiploma in the field of children’s books. Since then she has been working as a freelance illustrator. Shehas already received several awards for her work.
on 17 August 2022
Laurel Snyder is a multi-award-winning American poet and children’s author. She has published eight novels for children and young adults, several picture books and two collections of poetry. Snyder teaches creative writing for children and young adults at Hamline University. Together with her family, she lives far from the sea, in Atlanta, Georgia.
on 15 August 2022
Andreas Völlinger grew up in the Ruhr region and has grown up to some extent. Already during his studies of communication science and English in Essen and Wellington/New Zealand, he wrote articles for various magazines, shot short films and wrote the texts for numerous comics. This was followed by an internship in script editing and…
on 15 August 2022
Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker was born 1982 in the Krems Valley, Austria. He studied in Vienna and runs the family farm. Kaiser-Mühlecker has won numerous awards for his literary work, including the Austrian State Prize. Siegfried Lenz said of Kaiser-Mühlecker’s work, “wonderful the way you write” and Peter Handke sees him “in a row with Stifter and…
on 15 August 2022
Juliette MacIver is the author of 18 picture books. She has received the Storylines Notable Book Award six times, and has had multiple nominations for awards in NZ, Australia and the U.S. She recently won Best Picture Book in the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Juliette lives with her husband and four…
on 10 August 2022
Sarah Davis grew up in New Zealand. She won the 2009 Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Crichton Award for Best New Illustrator. She recently won Best Picture Book in the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Sarah lives in Sydney, Australia.
on 10 August 2022
Liliane Oser has always been painting, drawing and crafting. She studied illustration in Hamburg and now draws for various publishers. When she is not on holiday on the farm, she lives with her family in Hamburg.
on 9 March 2022
Regina Wenig was born in the Bavarian Forest and now lives in Frankfurt/ Main. She studied art history and theatre studies. Today she works as a waitress, clown, performer and writes and directs plays.
on 9 March 2022
Betty Conhoff, née Arias, comes from beautiful Peru and grew up in a port city on the Pacific. Ever since she can remember, paper and pencil have been faithful companions in her life. Even today, she has the fondest memories of the great evening drives with Dad to buy comics. She now lives in Germany…
on 9 March 2022