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Roger Olmos was born in 1975. He studied children’s illustration at the Llotja Avinyó school of arts and crafts in Barcelona. As an illustrator he has worked for publishers, press, advertising and television. He has published more than forty books, translated into numerous languages. He has won numerous awards, including the Lazarillo Prize in 2008;…

Uwe Becker was born and grew up in Krefeld. After studying biology, which took him to Tenerife, the Ivory Coast and Zimbabwe, he began writing poems for children in the 1990s. He lives in Cologne, where he has a garden, and in Wendland, which he loves very much. He also has a very adventurous dog…

Julian Tapprich, born in 1982 in Zurich, studied comparative literature and photography in Vienna and works as an illustrator and cartoonist. juliantapprich.com

After studying to be a teacher in Hamburg, Wiltrud Wagner went on to do a second degree: Illustration at the HAW Hamburg with a degree in design. She has been working as a freelance illustrator since 1994. She works in the children’s book sector and has illustrated learning materials and school books. She lives in…

Adrian Draschoff is a filmmaker and author based in Cologne. He has worked on documentary and fictional productions for various TV channels, for Netflix and for cinema. For the anti-racism children’s series “Moooment”, he and the team of authors were nominated for the Grimme Prize, the Golden Sparrow and the Civis Media Prize in 2022….

Natascha Baumgärtner works as a freelance illustrator in Berlin. Her clients include newspapers and magazines such as “Die Zeit”, “Geo Reisen”, “New York Times” and others. When You Dream is Natascha Baumgärtner’s first picture book for children.