Nadia Budde was born in 1967 in Berlin. She worked in advertising, before going on to study graphic arts at the Berlin Weissensee School of Art. She was awarded the German Prize for Children’s Literature for her first picture book, Eins zwei drei Tier (1999). Her subsequent picture books, Trauriger Tiger toastet Tomaten (2000) and Kurz nach sechs kommt die Echs (2002), were published by Peter Hammer Verlag, and won numerous prizes. Her latest book, One two three me, was published by Peter Hammer Verlag in 2003.

Photo: © Peter Hammer Verlag