Sandy Thißen was born in 1983 as a child of the Ruhr region. Always creative, she decorated numerous shop windows before finally dedicating herself to illustration. While drawing, she likes to drink litres of tea, listen to music and sing very off-key. Together with her husband, she enjoys quirky humour and curious everyday things. She lives with him and her two children on the outskirts of Oberhausen with a view of the colliery and slag heap.