Team Authors & Illustrators

Lived in New York, Madrid and Brussels from 1989 to 2000. During this time, Christoph Abbrederis worked as an illustrator for “The New York Times”, designed children's books for “La Galera” and corporate illustrations for agencies. He has lived in Austria again since 2000, works for “The New Yorker” and “TAZ”, illustrates books and children's books and regularly publishes comics in “Strapazin” and on the Internet (topic: “The Daily Failure”). Christoph Abbrederis teaches both at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna and at the HfG, Lucerne.

Studied graphic design at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart under Professor Heinz Edelmann. This was followed by several years as an art director in a large international and a smaller national advertising agency in Frankfurt am Main. Back in Stuttgart, he has been working as a freelance art director and graphic designer and, for some years now, primarily as an illustrator. His clients include publishing houses, agencies, companies and institutions.

* in Graz, grew up in Vienna, studied musicology and literature. Writes songs and texts for children and adults, performs them on stage with a band, runs a small music label. Has two daughters, a cat and a great love. Dixi Children's Literature Prize 2019, Mira Lobe Scholarship 2020.

* in Italy in 1987, now based in Berlin, Germany. She is an illustrator and skateboarder, working as freelancer since 2012 in the Editorial and illustration field. In 2015 Elenia attended the Master’s Degree in Editorial Illustration at MiMaster in Milan, Italy. Her influences come from different resources as movies, old photographies, music and literature. She worked with international magazines, publishers and companies. Today Elenia is working on a picture book for a French publisher.

* in St. Petersburg, studied at the St. Petersburg State Academy of Arts and then worked as a cartoon animator in an animation studio. In 2004, she graduated from the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences with a degree in illustration. Sonja Bougaeva has already received several prizes for her work, including the “Premio Club Kirico” and “Le prix des Incorruptibles”.

* in Stuttgart. In 2002 Lotte Bräuning moved to Hamburg to study illustration at the University of Applied Sciences. Today she illustrates stories for various publishers and magazines and is also a member of the illustrators' collective “Die Krickelkrakels”. She has her studio on an island in the middle of the River Elbe, where she lives with her husband and two children.

Elīna Brasliņa (1988) is an illustrator from Latvia. She has worked on close to thirty titles, most of them children’s books by Latvian authors, but books illustrated by Elīna have been published in sixty countries, and translated into forty languages – most of these are editions of Lawrence Schimel’s board books “Bedtime, Not Playtime” and “Early One Morning”. She is also a production designer at the Latvian animation studio “Atom Art”, and makes drawings of her daughter in her spare time.

* in Italy, based in Paris. Deeply influenced by old children’s books, Lucia plays with textures, clean shapes and vivid colors. Her illustrations are published on magazines, book covers and children’s books.

* in Lisbon, Bernardo P. Carvalho attended the College of Fine Arts of the same city.
He is a co-founder of Planeta Tangerina, where he works since 1999. He creates projects that mainly focus on illustration and design, cooperating in the creation of titles directed towards younger readers. His books have been published in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, South Korea, Norway, Brazil, Greece, Guatemala, Germany, The Netherlands, England, China, Sweden, Russia, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, United States of America and Southeast Asia.

* in Rome in 1989, where she lives and works. Beatrice started to get interested in illustration when she went to her first Bologna children's book fair in 2004. During High school she attended two illustration courses at Ars in Fabula in Macerata. After the degree in Architecture in Rome she went to Milan to take a post graduation course at MiMaster where she obtained a master in editorial illustration. Her works have been featured on several magazines and picture books, she was selected at the World Illustration Awards 2017 in children's book category and at Bologna children's book fair 2018.

Sarah is a UK-based illustrator working for clients all around the world, drawing for adverts, books, games, magazines, music, newspapers and murals. She still has a big collection of dolls from her childhood but these days her pen collection is bigger. She loves words in all languages, the gym, the frogs in her pond, her little Japanese cars and cooking noodles, and has wanted to work with Papperlappap for a long time.

Freelance illustrator currently living in Cambridge, UK. Karen completed an MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art in 2015. She has two sons, who are a fabulous source of inspiration and also brilliant critics! She is inspired by colour, nature, vintage toys and tins and her minature schnauzer Mutley. Karen is currently working on private commisions and my own picturebooks, activity books and Wimmelbuchs!

* in Wiesbaden, studied architecture in Darmstadt and Florence and worked as an architect in Berlin and Nuremberg. She has been writing and illustrating children's books since her four daughters were born. It is important to her to take children seriously and to encourage them to talk, think and philosophize with her books. Today she lives with her family, a cat and a tortoise in an old half-timbered house near Giessen.

* in Bern, studied illustration fiction at the Lucerne School of Art and Design. Her diploma thesis “Ada and Eva” was nominated for several prizes and published by SJW-Verlag in spring 2020. Her first children's picture book was published by Atlantis Verlag in 2021. A picture book that has already been selected from 350 submitted projects as one of the 48 best in “The Unpublished Picturebook Showcase” and exhibited at the Frankfurt Picture Book Fair 2019.

* in 1995 in the North of France. She first studied music, then moved to Brussels where she discovered illustration. She is graduated from the ESA Saint-Luc, and she now lives in Antwerpen, Belgium. She often collaborates with the press and magazines. Her first picture book has been published in 2020 by l’Agrume, and she is currently working on different children books, to be published in autumn 2021. Léa is inspired by music, her Chinese roots and the beauty of daily life ...

is a Lincolnshire based children's book illustrator & author. After achieving a BA (Hons) in Illustration at Norwich University of the Arts, she decided to follow her passion for children’s books and enrolled on the MA Children’s Book Illustration course at Cambridge School of Art, of which she graduated. Her debut picturebook as an author / illustrator ‘Nipper and the Lunchbox’ was published by Child's Play in 2018 and won a Northern Lights Book Award.

Grew up in Scotland and studied Illustration BDes at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design before doing MA Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art. 2016 she was selected for the AOI Prize for Illustration, Picture This (an initiative by Lemniscaat publishers and International Centre for the Picture Book in Society) and the Cheltenham Illustration Annual. Her favourite thing is making up little stories and illustrating them. She does not go anywhere without a tiny pencil case. Outside of illustration she is passionate about dogs, nachos and things that are in alphabetical order.

* in Mexico where she studied and worked as a graphic designer for a few years before pursuing her passion in children’s book illustration. In order to do so, she moved to the UK and joined the MA in Children’s book illustration at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. More recently, she became a doctor for researching horror as a genre in the children’s picturebook.
Her debut picturebook, Gustavo the Shy Ghost (2020) became a #1 NY Times bestseller. It was followed by Leila the Perfect Witch (2022) and Vlad the Fabulous Vampire (2023).

* born in Hildesheim/Germany, two children. Since studying colour design at the HAWK Hildesheim, she has been working with calligraphy and writing in space. She has lived and worked as a freelance designer and calligrapher in Vienna since 1997. In addition to graphic design projects, she leads calligraphy seminars for children and adults. Her book "Calligraphy and Creative Writing for Children" was included in the collection of the Austrian Children's and Youth Book Prize 2014 and received a recognition award from the City of Vienna.

* in a small town in the north of Poland, she now lives and works as a freelance illustrator in Hamburg. Over the years she has specialized in editorial, children's and cookery books. Her technique is derived from screen printing and is characterized by a limited colour palette, graphic shapes and irregular structures.
Her first cookbook has just been published in Argentina and she is working on other cooking-related themes with national and international clients.

* in Styria, graduated in graphic design at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna. Monika works as a freelance illustrator and designer. Her interest in nature and its phenomena runs through a wide variety of projects, with storytelling always playing a central role. Her work can be seen in exhibitions, books, advertising, murals and paintings.

* in Hanau, has lived in Hamburg for over ten years now and draws for children's books and magazines, creates comics for children, gives readings and workshops and, together with a friend, organizes the Hamburg children's comic festival “Kinder lieben Comics”. She enjoys cycling and loves coconut ice cream and Indian food.

* in Austria. Learned to make a skeleton out of a pile of bones at university and is now an editor for science and medicine in Vienna. At home, she regularly looks under the children's bed to ask the monster that lives there if it would like to hear a bedtime story, too.

* in Germany, she wrote the picture book “Hundert”, which is currently being translated into seven languages. She is an editor at ZEITMagazin and would like to go to the theater more often - especially since she developed a story for Papperlapapp ((#12, topic “We’re off to the theatre! Curtain up!”)) ((and also took over the stage directions for the visual production)).

* in Cuneo, Italy and now living in Brussels, she studied at the University of Turin and worked as a video reporter. Later, she specialized in illustration at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. Today she is an illustrator, an art teacher and the proud mum of a lovely book enthusiast.

- that's Doris Freigofas and Daniel Dolz. The illustrator duo lives in Berlin. Doris Freigofas was born in Dresden and studied at the Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee. Daniel Dolz was born in Erfurt and earned a Master of Arts at the Berlin Weißensee School of Art. GOLDEN COSMOS regularly illustrate for “The New Yorker”, “The New York Times”, “Die Zeit” and other media worldwide. Doris Freigofas and Daniel Dolz work on all projects as a team - both are equally involved in brainstorming, conception and realization.

* in Heidelberg. She came to Hamburg in 2005 to do what she had long enjoyed most: drawing! She studied illustration at the HAW Hamburg and graduated in 2009. Since then she has worked freelance for various newspapers and magazines in Germany and abroad.

Writes and reads stories for children and adults. She studied biology, specializing in butterflies, and now sometimes teaches at the University of Vienna. Her picture book “Fiffy and Maurice”, illustrated by Deborah Sengl, was published by Luftschacht in 2019.

Lindsay Grime is an illustrator and artist from Scotland. She loves working on a diverse range of projects, from children's magazine illustrations to graphic novels, murals and ceramics, to brightly painted wooden objects, DIY-printmaking and painting. The thread running through all her work is a love of depicting humans and animals, often surrounded by lush greenery and flowers, vibrant colours and a sense of joyfulness and light!

Studied Illustration at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in the Netherlands, and Escola Massana in Barcelona. Ever since graduating in 2011 she has been illustrating for kids and all generations above. Her works are published internationally, in places such as the USA, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, England, South Africa, Denmark and Japan. She is inspired by nature, colours and by human beings and their strange and sometimes lovely habits.

Grew up in La Rochelle. Julie Guillem studied illustration and printmaking at the ENSAD in Paris. After her Master degree she moved to Austria, in order to study Grafik Design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Actually she is working as illustrator between Paris and Vienna and published her first children book Cloud Atlas in 2016 with Actes Sud Junior. Julie Guillem enjoys working with different mediums and printing techniques, like silkscreen, woodcut or risography.

* in Germany. She attended a school for clowns and studied English, German and creative writing. She initially worked as a journalist before devoting herself to children's and young adult literature. She has since published many books, including the award-winning children's book series "Der verrückte Erfinderschuppen" (Mixtvision Verlag). Lena Hach lives with her family in Berlin.

* in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, grew up in the Rhine delta, Vorarlberg. Children's book author and reading performer with all 7 senses since 1990. In these 3&1/3 decades, she has written around 90 books, which have been translated into 16 languages. The author, who now lives in Lower Austria, loves forest walks, chive butter bread and reading trips. She also loves to laugh - because she would like to become a smirking frown one day.

Theresa Hattinger's work focuses on illustration, editorial design and animation. However, she is also involved in numerous personal projects, conceiving and designing exhibitions, music videos and objects. An intuitive, bold approach, color and humor are inherent in all her work. With stops in Berlin, Havana, Eindhoven, Leipzig and Salzburg, she studied graphic design and stage design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and has been working as a freelancer since 2016.

* born in Germany, lives in Darmstadt. Certified physiotherapist, studied media system design and specialized journalism. She had a son, is an alumna of the Academy for Children's Media and a participant in the STUBE correspondence course for children's and young people's literature. As a freelance author, she writes for magazines and book publishers. Her picture book “Das Dunkle und das Helle”, illustrated by Julie Völk, was published in German and English by NordSüd Verlag, Zurich.

Kristina Heldmann has been working as a freelance illustrator since graduating from the Braunschweig University of Art. Her vibrant picturesque images appear in magazines, books and advertising. Her first children's book “Der beste Bobs” was published in 2019, followed by “Ohne Eis kein Eisbär” in 2020, and another book is already in the works. Kristina lives in Berlin with her family and dog.

Kristina Heldmann has been working as a freelance illustrator since graduating from the Braunschweig University of Art. Her vibrant picturesque images appear in magazines, books and advertising. Her first children's book “Der beste Bobs” was published in 2019, followed by “Ohne Eis kein Eisbär” in 2020, and another book is already in the works. Kristina lives in Berlin with her family and dog.

wrote stories on an invisible typewriter as a child. Later, she bought a laptop, and since then she has published over 50 books for children and young adults, some of which have won multiple awards and been translated into various languages. The trained educator lives with her family in northern Austria, where a colorful gang of donkeys and goats constantly inspires her with new ideas.
Under the pseudonyms Ellie Mattes and Julie Wald, she also writes exciting pony and horse stories.

* in Vienna, lives alternately in Vienna and in southern Burgenland, works alternately as a primary school teacher and as a children's book author, writes alternately about unhappy sheep and courageous rabbits and loves variety.

* born in Güssing. Austrian journalist and author. Lives in Vienna and Burgenland. Has worked for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation since 1982. Editor in charge of the portrait series “Menschenbilder” on radio. Numerous publications as an author, including many children's books that have won numerous prestigious awards and been translated into more than 25 languages.

* born in Oberpullendorf, Burgenland, has been drawing since she could hold a pencil. Lives in Vienna since 1998, studied social and cultural anthropology. Works in graphics, illustration and paper processing - most recently at Letterpress Studio Herz & Co. Currently in transition from maternity leave no.1 to maternity leave no.2. She draws for children's books, magazines and journals, on her own comics and also frequently draws the sea ...

lives with his wife and three daughters on an old farm in Stubenberg am See. After working as an integration teacher for several years, he has been working as a freelance author, illustrator and puppeteer for over 15 years. Stefan Karch focuses on sensitive, poetic stories. With his “Theater of Fantasy”, he brings his numerous books for children and young people to life in the art form of puppet theater.

is an artist, illustrator and art educator, originally from Latvia, now based in London. Having studied at Art Academy of Latvia and Central Saint Martins, she now works for book publishers, magazines, fashion designers and beyond. She is co-founder and art director of Pikolo, a planet friendly magazine for children. Her work aims to encourage and inspire conversations with both adults and children on how to live simpler, tread lighter and love and look after this planet that we call home.

* born in Berlin. Elsa Klever studied illustration at HAW Hamburg and HSLU Lucerne. She has been working as a freelance illustrator in Hamburg since 2012. Her clients include various newspapers, magazines and journals as well as well-known children's book publishers. In 2015, Elsa Klever was awarded the Austrian Children's and Youth Book Prize.

studied visual communication at the Kunsthochschule Kassel and Stuttgart. Today she draws and lives with her family in Frankfurt am Main. She particularly enjoys immersing herself in fantastic worlds of figures and colors when it is dull and grey outside.

* in Linz, studied translation and communication science. Today she lives with her husband, mouse and marten in the eternal summer retreat of the Vienna Woods. Melanie works in advertising, journalism, translation and literature - mainly with letters! Her stories surprise with exuberant, enigmatic ideas and linguistic wit. She has received several awards for her work.

* in Ried im Innkreis. Graduated from the master class for graphic and communication design in Linz. Leonore Leitl has been illustrating and writing children's books since 2013 and works intensively with various adventurous illustration techniques. She lives with her husband and two children in Gramastetten in the Mühlviertel region. In 2016, she received the Austrian Children's and Youth Book Prize for Willi Virus.

Studied MA Illustration Authorial Practice at the University of Falmouth in Great Britain. Since then, Jürg has worked as a freelance illustrator for various magazines and agencies. His work is regularly shown at the Plom Gallery in Barcelona. Jürg Lindenberger is also working on several children's books for publishers in England and France.

Grew up in Hong Kong and majored in graphic design at The University of Michigan. In 2011 she started All Things Bright and Beautiful with a friend. They draw and sell a lot of postcards and stationery products. She received a special mention from the 2018 Bologna Ragazzi Book Awards for her first children’s book, „My Museum”. Her second book, „My City", is coming out Spring 2019.

is a UK-based illustrator of Polish origin. Before graduating from Falmouth University with a Distinction in MA in Illustration, she worked as an NHS doctor specialising in mental health. She is a winner of the 2024 Bologna Illustrators Exhibition and a finalist of the 2024 Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition. Aneta writes and illustrates her own stories and collaborates with other authors to create images for their books. Her illustrations are made using a combination of digital and analogue mixed-media techniques to achieve a range of compelling textures. She vividly captures the emotions of her human and animal characters. Aneta has multiple pets who are an endless source of inspiration for her humorous and heartwarming stories which often hold a deeper meaning.

* in Slovakia, is a freelance illustrator and a mother of two kids. She studied at School of Applied Arts in Kremnica. Since 2011 she has worked solely in the illustration field, either collaborating on children books or contributing to children magazines. Occasionally, she works on books and editorial illustrations for grown-ups. Nowadays she prefers working with traditional analogue drawings, sometimes combined with digital art techniques.

* born in Vienna, writer and performer. Mauz writes for cabaret and theater, works as a speaker, writes lyrics for his band, writes dialect poetry for adults and performs as a singer and actor. Above all, however, he writes books for children with passion, authenticity and lots of humor. Christoph Mauz is particularly popular as a speaker: his readings for children and adults take him all over the German-speaking world and guarantee storms of laughter.

* in Glasgow, Scotland. After completing a BA degree in Illustration some years before, in 2016 Jane graduated with a Masters degree in Children's Book Illustration from Cambridge School of Art. Jane has had a curiosity for animals and nature since she was very small, and her goal as an illustrator and storyteller is to inspire that same curiosity in others. Working on her first picture book is keeping her busy, but when she can she loves walking in green spaces, going to art exhibitions, and enjoying live music.

* in Latvia in 1983. Studied visual communication at the Art Academy of Latvia (BA) and animation at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Art (MA). She is an illustrator and animation filmmaker currently based in Zürich, Switzerland.

Béatrice has been a webdesigner for several years before deciding to devote more time to drawing. In 2015, she decided to spend one year at the Arts Décoratifs school in Paris and then began to work as an illustrator. Since then, she works for French press (Causette, Socialter...), decoration (Nobilis) and also makes pictures for cool embroideries on canevas (Canevas Fatal). She particularly fancies monsters as well as fluorescent and absurd characters.

After growing up in South Tyrol, Katja Mock first moved to Graz and then to Sweden, where she studied design with a focus on children's culture. She prefers to work in an interdisciplinary way. Her heart beats for projects aimed at communicating science to children and for initiatives aimed at capturing children's perspectives. Katja works as a graphic designer and illustrator and runs creative workshops for children.

* in Vienna, studied graphic design at the Graphische, then philosophy in Vienna. Lenz has been writing, drawing and reading stories for many years. Because he doesn't want to separate words and images, he makes comics. In addition to (comic) books, he loves films and develops his own storyboards. For Papperlapapp, he sends the two friends Oli and Grant on adventures.

* in Fürth, studied illustration in Hamburg. Her picture books “Der Schäfer Raul” and “Der weiße und der Schwarze Bär” (text by Jürg Schubiger), published by Peter Hammer Verlag, were nominated for the German Youth Literature Prize. She was also nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She lives in North Friesland and paints and draws for picture books, galleries and theater projects.

* in Frankfurt am Main in 1973 and studied at the HfG Offenbach and at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Since graduating, he has returned to live in his hometown and works as an illustrator and children's book author. He is a member of the “Labor” studio collective. His books have been translated into many languages and have won several awards.

Studied “Book Illustration” at the HAW Hamburg. She has been working as a freelance illustrator since graduating in 2008.Julia Neuhaus has two daughters and lives in Hamburg with the author and animator Till Penzek. Together they develop picture books, animated films and apps for children. You can also book Julia Neuhaus for readings and workshops about books!

* in Graz, she grew up in the countryside, studied Fennistics and Dutch Studies in Vienna, then attended a college and master class for graphic and communication design at the Graphische, also in Vienna, with a personal focus on illustration. She is also passionate about hanging upside down and teaching aerial acrobatics, making up stories, stalking foxes, planning new trips and dreaming of her own dog.

* born 1983 in Grabs (Switzerland), grew up in the Principality of Liechtenstein as the child of Italian immigrants. Luigi studied communication design in Zurich and visual communication at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. He lives and works as an illustrator and artist in Zurich with his wife and daughter. In 2020, he was nominated for the Swiss Design Award by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture for his illustrative work in recent years.

* 1991, is an artist and illustrator. She has studied printmaking at the Art Academy of Latvia. Her main focus is on book illustrations, however she also participates in other art projects. Her favorite technique is pastel pencils either colored or just plain black. Her book illustrations are published by publishing houses: Zvaigzne ABC, Jānis Roze apgāds, Liels un mazs, Pētergailis.

* in Upper Austria, has filled her notebook at the University of Vienna as well as in Zambia, Armenia, Ethiopia, Slovakia and Rwanda. She is now trying out the peculiarities of settled life in Vöcklabruck with her family. There she goes to the youth center to work and to the forest to think.

is a Spanish illustrator (Asturian) living in Austria. After working as a graphic designer for a few years, she finally decided to focus on what she always wanted to do: illustrate.
Her passion is to tell stories with her illustrations and she is inspired by the little things in her daily life. She has published books for children and young people in various languages, including Spanish, German and Italian, and hopefully many more.

* in Germany, she was initially trained as a state-approved occupational therapist before studying design with a focus on fashion at the HFK Bremen and illustration at the HAW Hamburg. She mainly illustrates picture books based on her own ideas and texts by other authors. Her books have been translated into many languages. She lives with her family in Hamburg-Altona.

I am an illustrator from Barcelona of Chinese and Chamboyan origin. I have worked with clients such as the Washington Post, Il Corriere della Sera, el País, die Zeit, Articket Barcelona and I have published illustrated albums with A Buen Paso, Fourmis Rouges, Lagrume, among others. My illustrations have been awarded the Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators of NY, the American illustration and the Latin American illustration, Chen Bochui and the Junceda.

* in 1983, Chloé grew up in the countryside of Lorraine (France), where she enjoyed drawing houses and waiting for snowy days so she wouldn't go to school. Chloé graduated in Illustration at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, in 2012. She makes children's books, editorial press, art workshops with children and adults. In 2013, she created the fanzine for children, named Cuistax, along with other authors and illustrators based in Brussels.

* in Hamburg, she has lived in Schleswig-Holstein for fifteen years now, worked as a mathematician for a long time and is happy that she no longer has to deal with numbers, integrals, curves and statistics full-time, but can do what she has always loved: Writing poetry, writing plays and inventing stories about witch girls, motorcycle princesses, black stars, sad noisy dragons and Christmas mice.

* born in Bregenz/Vorarlberg, writer and copywriter in Vienna. Completed studies in medicine and music in Innsbruck and Vienna, then lived in Berlin for several years. Author of the children's (and adult) book “Ratte Macchiato” Volumes I and II. His reliable driving force in life: “When you think you can't go on any longer, the desire comes from somewhere... for something else.” Because what gives pleasure knows no end!

Studied illustration at the HAW in Hamburg and at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee (Scotland). His first book, “Bauer Enno und seine Kuh Afrika”, was published in 1997. Since then, he has illustrated and written numerous others. Jens Rasmuss has received several awards for his books, including the Austrian Children's and Youth Book Prize three times and a nomination for the German Youth Literature Prize. Jens Rassmus lives in Kiel.

born as Lena Wiesbauer in a delivery room in Vienna, where she lives and works today. In Vienna, not in a delivery room. Passionate about words and language, she works as an author, editor, speaker, actress and director of the Mödling Writing Academy. In 2016, she was awarded the DIXI Children's Literature Prize. What she likes: coming home, traveling, the sound of music, laughing together, meaningful thoughts and elephants.

A graduate of ÉSA St-Luc in Liège, Lisbeth Renardy is an author and illustrator. She draws inspiration from nature — whether plant, mineral, aquatic, or human. She moves between teaching illustration, commissioned work, personal projects, and the sketchbooks she fills. She lives and works in Liège, Belgium

* in Indonesia. She has finished her study in MA Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School Of Art in January, 2019. She is fascinated by the richness of cultural diversity, colours, humour and heartwarming message - those aspects influence her works. In Indonesia, she has published a few books as an illustrator, one of which won a prize at Samsung's Kid Time Award in Singapore, 2015. For art media, She currently found new love in risography and she also likes working with digital mixed with manual media. However, she loves to learn and explore new things, and enjoys the journey.

Studied illustration at Glasgow School of Art and Central Saint Martins in London where she completed her MA in 2001. She has created artwork for many clients in the UK, US and Europe. As well as commissioned work, Harriet has written and illustrated her own books, including several children’s titles for Italian publisher Edizioni Corraini. She lives in London with her husband and son.

Eva Rust studied scientific illustration and has been a freelance (no longer very scientific) illustrator ever since. However, she still likes to draw inspiration from the animal and plant world in her work. She prefers to draw books about strong heroines and print monsters. Her books have been published by Editions Cambourakis, Atlantis, SJW, Trotz allem and Tintenkilby. Her latest project “Tümpel” was created in collaboration with Lena von Döhren and exists as a children's comic and animated film, which premiered at the Berlinale.

* in Frankfurt am Main. Even as a child, Jasmin Schäfer drew all the time and everywhere. In a studio with a view over the rooftops, she now imagines children's stories and draws illustrations for young and old. Insights into her books and her work can be found on her website...

* in Vienna, studied graphic design at the Graphische in Vienna and illustration in Barcelona. She has been working as a freelance illustrator since 2013, represented by the agent Caroline Seidler. Lili Schagerl loves to work in different techniques and styles. Her aim is to find the right visual language for every project.

Lives as a writer in Weimar. He writes for both children and adults. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. He has also penned many radio stories and adapted Cervantes' great novel “Don Quixote” for the stage. Hubert has received many awards, including the Lower Rhine Literature Prize, the Austrian Children's and Youth Book Prize and the Leipzig Reading Compass.

* born in Salzburg, lived in Barcelona and Munich for several years. After studying law, make-up artistry and tourism management, she decided to pursue her passion for illustration and design, which she had already discovered at a young age, and studied graphic design at the Vienna Advertising Academy. Today Julia Schlager works as a graphic designer and illustrator in a design office in Vienna.

started her creative career as a fashion and editorial illustrator, having worked with several established international magazines and creative agencies. Later she found her true passion in children's books and paintings. Currently, she works with some top publishing houses to release new, exciting and rather peculiar stories to the world. Her characters are cute, calm, humble and amusing, living their ordinary lives in a strange and curious world out there. Her paintings can be found in private galleries and many homes all around the globe. She lives
with her family in London, UK.

Lives with her son in Vienna, where she studied art history and worked for many years as a PR manager and mediator for design, architecture and art. Today she works as a communications consultant, author and editor. She learned to cook from her mother and friends. She loves trying out new things, just as much as she loves writing. Whether ingredients or letters, the main thing is: surprise! You can read about it in the story “Alles Pizza!”, which she wrote for Papperlapapp #8.

Trixi Schneefuß grew up on the edge of the forest in Bad Bevensen (Lower Saxony). Fascinated by the idea of being able to go to the movies or a concert on foot, she moved to a real city after graduating from high school - Hamburg. Here she studied illustration at the University of Applied Sciences. Since graduating in 2007, Trixi Schneefuß has been working as a freelance illustrator and author. She is a member of the illustrators' group “Die Krickelkrakels” and draws, paints, crafts, photographs and writes for various magazine and children's book publishers.

* in Anklam, studied communication design and media at Wismar University of Applied Sciences, followed by stays on Rügen, in Stralsund and Hamburg. Since 2011, her desk has been by the Baltic Sea in Rostock, from where she draws for publishers, newspapers, magazines and for herself. When she's not at the drawing table, she travels the country with friends and the Illufix, an illustration portrait machine.

* in Lower Austria. Leila was the first intern at our publishing house and created a wonderful hidden object picture for issue no. 15 during her internship. Now she is attending the “Graphische” in Vienna. One day she would like to integrate her passion, drawing, into her professional life. She started drawing when she could barely hold a pencil. The edges of the paper are never her limit, sometimes she even scribbles on walls. Leila loves to inspire people and is delighted when other people like her work. Who doesn't like that?

Studied illustration at the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg. Katharina Sieg works with a wide variety of techniques, from watercolors and colored pencils to transparent paper collages on the light table. Today she lives and works in Hamburg and creates detailed visual worlds at her drawing table.

Lives, writes and draws in Vienna. Most of the time anyway.
After graduating from the Graphische and spending time abroad in Estonia, Denmark and China, she studied at the University of Applied Arts in the Graphics and Advertising class. She is spending the 2019 summer semester at Shiraz University of Arts, Iran, where she is trying to weave a carpet.

Studied illustration at the University of Applied Sciences (HaW) in her home city of Hamburg. Eleanor Sommer illustrates books and games for various publishers and is also a member of the renowned illustrators' collective “Die Krickelkrakels”. Eleanor Sommer lives near the port of Hamburg and works a few houses away in a shared studio with other illustrators.

Constanze Spengler studied illustration and communication design at HAW Hamburg. Her desk is in the Hamburg illustrator's studio Amaldi. There she particularly enjoys designing, drawing, painting and assembling a good story. She has also been writing and illustrating her own texts for several years, most recently the children's book “Willkommen im Hirschkäfer-Grill” - an adventure story from the world of insects.

* 1972 in Brno (CSSR), he now lives as a freelance writer, translator and lecturer in Vienna. Studied Bohemian Studies, Journalism and Communication Studies. Stefan Zweig Poetry Lectureship at the University of Salzburg, Poetry Lectureship at the University of Education Karlsruhe, literature seminars at the Universities of Bamberg, Vienna, Munich, Prague, Brno, Braunschweig, Würzburg, New York, among others. Prizes (selection): Austrian State Prize for Children's and Youth Literature, Hohenems Literature Prize, Wartholz Literature Prize, Adelbert von Chamisso Prize, LeseLenz Prize of the Thumm Foundation for Young Literature. Recent publications: Phantom (Luchterhand 2023), Faszination Krake, Faszination Qualle and Faszination Haie (all Leykam 2021, 2023, 2024), Tierisch Wilde Weihnachten (Leykam 2024), bei Limbus: Die Suche nach dem Ende der Dunkelheit (2023) and Spüren (2025).

* born 1981 in Lower Austria, trained as a social pedagogue and studied cultural and social anthropology in Vienna. She is the author of short prose, poetry and children's books (with pictures by Michael Roher) and lives with her family in Baden near Vienna.