Korschunow, Irina: The Foundling Fox

Irina Korschunow is of German-Russian origins and was born in Stendal. She studied German in Göttingen and lived as a free-lance writer in Munich. She wrote numerous books for children and teenagers as well as novels for adults. Many of her titles were short-listed for the German Youthbook Prize (Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis). She died December 31, 2013 on her 88th birthday.  Reinhard Michl, born in 1948 in Lower Bavaria, initially completed an apprenticeship as a typesetter and then studied at the University of Applied Sciences for Graphic Design and later at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He soon began to make a name for himself as an outstanding children's book illustrator. Some of these books became bestsellers. He has already received several awards for his work, including the German Children's Literature Prize.