Erwin Moser was born in Vienna and grew up in Burgenland. He trained as a typesetter, and since 1980 he has been inventing and illustrating his own stories. In over 30 years he published numerous picture books and children’s books, for which he often received awards. His imaginatively narrated and drawn books are of a special warm-heartedness and belong to the canon of German-language children’s and youth literature. Erwin Moser died in 2017.