Eleanor Sommer

Eleanor Sommer, born in Hamburg in 1974, studied illustration at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. She worked as a freelance illustrator for publishers and magazines, creating children’s books, games, and quiz books. Sommer was a member of the illustrators’ collective Die Krickelkrakels. Her work was selected several times for the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition. In 2015, she received the Carl Buch Prize for the boldest children’s book cover.