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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    

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…

Claire Caillebotte is a graduate illustrator from HEAR (Haute école des arts du Rhin, Strasbourg). She works in the the area of children’s publishing, the press and documentary books. Her favourite technique is gouache which she sometimes mixes with coloured pencils. Claire is also a harpist, and plays and gives harp lessons in Strasbourg. www.clairecaillebotte.com

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….

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

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    

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…

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.

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.

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…

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…

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…

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.