Yayo Kawamura

Yayo Kawamura (born 1967) grew up between Germany and Tokyo. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, she moved to Berlin, where she studied communication design. From around 2000, she worked as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, primarily for children’s and young adult publishers. She illustrated numerous picture and children’s books and developed series for beginning readers. After the birth of her daughter, she returned to her original ambition of illustrating children’s books.