Melanie Garanin

Melanie Garanin (born 1972) studied animation at the University of Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg, where she earned a diploma. She works as an illustrator, animator and comic artist. She has illustrated numerous children’s and young adult books, including all eight volumes of Charlotte Habersack’s »Pippa Pepperkorn« series. Her first graphic novel, »Nils. Von Tod und Wut. Und von Mut.«, was published by Carlsen in 2020. In 2022, she published the children’s comic »Völlig meschugge?!« with Andreas Steinhöfel.