Britta Teckentrup

Britta Teckentrup is an award winning illustrator, author and fine artist. She was born in Hamburg and grew up in a city called Wuppertal.

Britta moved to London in 1988 to study illustration and fine art at St Martin's College and the Royal College of Art.

Since 1993 Britta has written and illustrated over 100 children's picture books which have been translated into 25 different languages.

Her awards include a nomination for the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis and two Special Mentions at the Bologna Ragazzi Award. 'Don't Wake Up Tiger' was Dutch picture book of the year 2018 and 'Under the Same Sky' on the shortlist for the Kate Greenaway Award.

Britta has been invited to give workshops and talks at The Edinburgh Book Festival, Hay Festival, Bath Festival and Ilustratour.

You can listen to an interview on Deutschlandfunk here - https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/kinderbuchillustratorin-britta-teckentrup-das-dunkle-zieht.1202.de.html?dram%3Aarticle_id=383405

After 17 years in the UK - Britta now lives and works in Berlin with her Scottish husband and their son.