Guilherme Karsten

Author and illustrator Guilherme Karsten was born and lives in Blumenau, in southern Brazil. His titles have been translated into more than 15 languages. He has received several national and international awards, such as the Gold Plaque at the Bratislava Illustration Biennial (Slovakia) in 2019, the Golden Pinwheel Grand Prize (China), also in 2019, and the Jabuti Award (Brazil) for best illustrated album in 2021. Guilherme often visits schools to talk to students about books and offer seminars to teachers.