“This book is like a dialogue, an open door between our childhood world and the world of adults. I wanted to let the world be seen through the eyes of this young girl who wonders about a very simple experience: existence!” This is what Michèle Lemieux has to say about
Michael Warschawski was born in Strasbourg, France, in 1949. Since 1965 he has lived in Israel. In 1984 he founded the Israeli-Palestinian Alternative Information Center (AIC), which campaigns for freedom in the Near East. He has been director of the AIC since 1999, which he represents in the International Council
Melvin Burgess was born in London in 1954. He is one of the most pr olific and most widely discussed British authors of young people’s fiction. He grew up in Sussex and Surrey, moved to Bristol after he had finished school and later to London and spent fifteen years experimenting
Martin Amanshauser was born in Salzburg in 1968, and now lives in Vienna. The author, journalist and translator has been awarded with several prizes, including the Georg Trakl-Förderungspreis für Lyrik (1992) and the Staatsstipendium für Literatur (1996/97). His poems “Hunderttausend verkaufte Exemplare” was very successful (e. g. at the ilb SLAM!
Martha Brooks was born in 1944 in Ninette, Manitoba and she is considered one of the most important authors of youth literature. When asked about her personal style of narration, she has said, “Each book takes me where I never expected to go. I don’t plot. The energy is all
Marjana Gaponenko was born in Odessa, Ukraine, in 1981. She spent her childhood writing her diary and reading fairytales, which have remained a source of her inspiration. During that time she also became fascinated by the theatre. At the age of fourteen she wrote her first poem in German as
Marilene Phipps was born in Haiti. The artist and poet studied Anthropology and Art in the USA, where she lives today. Her artistic and poetic work is greatly inspired by the culture, nature and religion of Haiti. She is known internationally for her paintings. For the volume of poetry, ‘Crossroads
Mario Ramoswas born as the son of a Belgian mother and a Portuguese father in Brussels in 1958. He studied Graphics and Communication Design at the local Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels ‘La Cambre’. He then travelled Europe and from 1986 on worked as a freelance draughtsman, designer and poster artist.
Marie-Luise Scherer was born in Saarbrücken, Germany, in 1938. Between 1974 and 1998 she was a writer for the news magazine ‘Der Spiegel’, for which she meticulously researched and wrote brilliant linguistic reportages; texts which are not only extraordinary documentations, but also jewels of literary journalism. Marie-Luise Scherer has twice
María Teresa Andruetto was born in 1954 in Arroyo Cabral, in the Argentinian province of Córdoba, where she still lives today. After studying Literature at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, she specialised in Children’s and Young Adult’s Literature. She worked as editor at “Piedra Libre”, a literary magazine for children
Malika Ferdjoukh was born on the Mediterranean coast of Algeria in 1957 and has lived in Paris since childhood. After finishing school she studied Film and Literature, and then started working at a children’s hospital and as a teacher. She says about herself: “I love everything that tells a story.
Ma Yuan was born in the People’s Republic of China in 1953. He studied Chinese at the Liaoning University in northeast China, and between 1982 and 1987 worked as a journalist in Tibet. In 1989 he returned to China, where he moved from city to city trying out jobs in
