Koozy

Anastasia Qarawani is a freelance writer and illustrator. She studied English Language and Literature at Arab American University, then pursued her MA degree in Intercultural Communication and Literature. She has been writing stories since early childhood, and she always had a dream of becoming a writer. In 2012, she wrote and illustrated a children book that won “Al Awda” annual award in Palestine. Since then, she has illustrated several books. As writer, she tries to touch upon sensitive issues that a child can relate to, which can help him to develop and discover his self-identity.

About the Illustrator

Maja Kastelic is a freelance author and illustrator. She is the author of awarded silent book A Boy and a House. She studied Painting at the Academy of fine arts and design in Ljubljana (BA) and Philosophy and Theory of Visual Culture at the Faculty of Humanities in Koper (MA). She began working in the field of illustration in 2012 and was since awarded with Hinko Smrekar acknowledgment (2012) and Hinko Smrekar plaquette (2014), both at Slovenian Biennial of Illustration, best Slovenian Picturebook award and Levstik’s Prize for best illustration (both 2015), IBBY Honor list. Her work was selected for Bologna Illustrators exhibiton (2015) and was A White Raven (2015, 2016). She lives in Trebnje, Slovenia.