is a bestselling Slovenian author. Her writing features a blend of witty, amazing characters coupled with compelling stories. She’s won the Golden Pear Award in Slovenia, a seal of quality for outstanding children’s books, as well as the IBBY award for the best artistic translation in Lithuania, the main award at the International Macedonia Literary Festival. She has been nominated as well for both the Večernica and Desetnica Awards from the Slovene Writers’ Association. She was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Award 2024.

HOW TO HUG A HEDGEHOG was published originally in 2022 (in Slovenia by Sodobnost) and was nominated for the Desetnica and Večernica Awards and received the Kristina Brenkova Best Slovene Picture Book Award for 2022. This was nominated and included in the White Ravens Catalog in 2023 and was recently a Top 10 in the newspaper supplement Robinson's in La Republica. Additional territories where it has been licensed Germany (Jumbo Verlag), Finland, Onnenlsantii, Italy (Sinnos Editrice), Latvia (Aminori), Estonia (Paike ja Pilv), the Czech Republic (Meaner), Poland (Tatarak), Pakistan (Ferozsons), Greece (Metaichmio), Croatia (Ibis Grafika), Armenia (Antares), Korea (Hanulim) and Turkey (Masalperest/Epsilon).

HOW TO FRIGHTEN A MONSTER was originally published in 2020 in Slovenia by Sodobnost and was included in the 2020 White Ravens International catalogue. Additional territories where it has been licensed, include Germany (Tulipan Verlag); Netherlands (La Fountain), the Czech Republic (Meander), Greece (Vakxikon), Taiwan (Emily Publishing), Turkey (Masalperest/Epsilon), North Macedonia (Artkonekt), Nepal (Kathalaya Inc.), Albania (Dritan); Mongolia (Nepko Kids) Armenia (Antares) and Serbia (Cigoja).