Wolf Erlbruch (born in Wuppertal, Germany) was an award-winning illustrator and writer of children's books. He combined various techniques for the artwork in his books, including cutting and pasting, drawing, and painting. His style was sometimes surrealist and was widely copied inside and outside Germany, and some of his story books discuss adult topics such as death and the meaning of life. They have won many awards, including the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1993 and 2003, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration in 2006.
"Stina Wirsén was born in 1968. She is known for her illustrations in the newspapers and has received several awards. With her illustrations she moves between vastly different subjects; everything from fashion to psychology. She is also famous as illustrator of children’s books, working a lot with her mother Carin. She points out that she almost never works with a book that is practically done but exchanges ideas with the author as they move along. She has also made her own picture books, making both the text and illustrations." (http://www.bonniergroupagency.se)
Ryōji Arai was born in Yamagata Prefecture in 1956. He studied art at Nihon University. In 1990, he published in first picture book, Melody. In 1997, he won the Shōgakukan Children's Publishing Culture Prize for The Lying Moon. In 1999, Asai's Journey of Riddles received the Special Award at the Bologna Book Fair. He won the Astrid Lindgren memorial Award, the highest international award in children's literature, in 2005. In 2009, he won the JBBY Prize for The Sun Organ. In 2012, It's Morning -- Let's Open A Window received the Sankei Children's Book Award.
Gro Dahle (born 15 May 1962) is a Norwegian poet and writer.
She was born in Oslo, and is a daughter of Øystein Dahle. She made her literary début in 1987 with Audiens (Audience), a collection of poetry. Since then Dahle has written over 30 books in different genres, among them a series of picture books for children in collaboration with her husband, Norwegian illustrator Svein Nyhus.
Gro Dahle has received several national awards for her work. In 1999 she was the official festival poet at the Bergen International Festival. In 2002 she won the Brage Prize for literature for Snill (Nice), a picture book for children, and in 2003 the Best Children’s Book Prize from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture for Sinna Mann (Angry Man), a book about a boy
