Born 1964 in Tübingen. Studied graphic arts in Paris and Vienna. Freelance painter, writer and illustrator. She lives with her family in Vienna. She has won numerous prizes as an illustrator, among them the prize for Austria’s most beautiful book, though her success as a painter is leaving less and less time for her illustration work. As an author, too, she knows how to delight children and adults alike with her endearingly offbeat ideas.

Photo: © Karen Holländer