Antonia and the Big Competition

Elisabeth Zller is a prolific German author who has been writing for over two decades. Prior to her writing career, Zller had spent seventeen years at various high schools working with children and young adults. Zller has written nearly one hundred books, which includes her contributions to journals, anthologies, and a number of successful children’s books. She lives in Münster, Germany.

Brigitte Kolloch is a German children’s author. While today Kolloch works as a pediatric nurse in a preterm intensive care unit, she also continues to write new stories and poems for children. Her first book was published in 2003, and since then she has worked on a variety of topics ranging from fairies to eating disorders. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Hanover, Germany.

Betina Gotzen-Beek is a German illustrator who has been working on children’s book illustrations since the mid-1990s. She currently lives in Germany.