Sybille Hein was born in 1970, studied philosophy (half), illustration (full) and toured the stages of the country with her cabaret for many years. Nowadays, she lives with her family in Berlin. She writes books for young and old, radio plays, satirical texts and subversive songs and regularly comes up with animated films for the “Sendung mit dem Elefanten”. Hanser published her illustrations for Claudia Schreiber’s children’s books Sultan und Kotzbrocken (2004) and Sultan und Kotzbrocken in einer Welt ohne Kissen (2014), followed in 2016 by her picture book Prinz Bummelletzter. In 2019, the children’s book Luca and Ludmilla, written and illustrated by her, was published. Reading is also stupid (2023; Text: Nils Freytag and Silke Schlichtmann) and the Reading is Stupid Postcard Set (2024). Since 2024, she has been illustrating the children’s book series Wir sind (die) Weltklasse by Tanya Lieske. In 2025, her picture book Große sind Schisser will follow.
(c) Sybille Hein