Marlis Scharff-Kniemeyer

Marlis Scharff-Kniemeyer was born in Kronberg in the Taunus region of Germany. After attending a photography school in the Taunus, she began studying at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach in 1973. From 1980 onward, she worked as a freelance graphic artist. Her first illustrated children’s book was published by Ravensburger in 1985, after which she devoted herself exclusively to children’s book illustration.