A Purrfect Christmas

Ellen DeLange has been fascinated by picture books ever since she was a child growing up in the Netherlands. In the attic of her home, she assembled a small library and shared her collection with friends and family. As an adult, she started traveling and expanded her library with picture books from all over the world. Ellen also enjoyed inventing her own stories and was encouraged by her daughter to write her first picture book, A Story with a Tail. She always has new story ideas in her head and can’t wait for the moment when the text and illustrations come together to make the magic happen. Ellen has a doctorate in medical sciences, and currently lives in Canada, where she loves to walk in the woods with her Jack Russell terriers (who are featured in some of her books), drink lots of tea after a busy day, and sail on the ocean to clear her mind.

Caroline Bonne Müller was born in France and grew up in the Netherlands, where she studied Fashion Design in Amsterdam and worked fourteen years as a fashion designer. Her three children were born in Spain and the family lived for four years in Malaysia. Caroline has been fascinated by picture books ever since she was a child. When she had children, she couldn’t stop buying beautifully illustrated books. This is when the seed was planted, and she knew she wanted to illustrate picture books of her own one day. Now she is a published illustrator living with her family and four stray cats from Malaysia in Switzerland, looking over a lake and mountains!