The Flemish book illustrator was born in 1969 on the Belgian-French border. He studied graphic design at the St. Lukas Art Academy in Ghent, where he still lives. He initially worked at an advertising agency, before publishing his first illustrated book, »Varkentjes van Marsepein« (tr: Marzipan piglets) in 1996. »My
Bregje Hofstede was born in 1988 in the Dutch city of Ede. She studied art history and romance studies in Utrecht, Paris and Berlin, receiving a master’s degree in 2012 in research, which prepares students in The Netherlands for a career as a research associate or serves as the final
The Belgian comic book author Brecht Evens was born in 1986 in Hasselt. He studied illustration at the Luca School of Arts in Ghent and initially published in comic magazines such as »Hic Sunt Leones« and »Parcifal«. Among his most important role models and mentors are his illustration teacher Goele
The Flemish artist Brecht Vandenbroucke was born in Veurne in 1986. He attended the Sint-Lukas University College of Art and Design studying illustration and has made himself known as an illustrator, painter, comic-author and filmmaker over the past years. His style as an illustrator is inspired by Disney cartoons and
is a Belgian neuroscientist and currently an Einstein BIH Visiting Fellow in Berlin. He has a PhD from Ohio State University, USA. Together with his research group at the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), he examines the rules of cellular diversity and specialization, the networking capabilities of neural circuits and
Bart Moeyaert was born in Brugge in 1964 and is one of the most highly regarded Flemish children’s and young people’s book authors. By the age of 19 he had written his first children’s book ‘Duet met valse noten’ (1983) which became an international bestseller. He achieved his literary breakthrough in 1989
