Marie Stumpfova Illustrator & Author

Radek Maly is a Czech writer, poet, translator and university teacher. Of his works, his book for young adults Franz Kafka –A Man of His Time and Our Own (2017) and the collection of poems for children Postman Wind (2011; entered on the IBBY Honour Roll) have achieved international success.

Marie Stumpfova is an illustrator, book and magazine editor, and author. She loves working with crossover into other disciplines and a variety of graphic techniques. She graduated in Illustration and Graphic Design at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Prague, Czechia and has been cooperating with various Czech publishing houses for years. For three years she also worked as art director of PAGE magazine, which she designed for one of the biggest Czech bookstore chain LUXOR. She is a member of the Association of Czech Graphic Artists and has received various prestigious Book Awards in Czechia, where she resides.