Renate Raecke was born in 1943 in Lübeck, Germany. She studied literature and art history before working for various publishers and book shops. For many years she’s been a freelance editor and translator, adapting many classic children’s stories, from such authors as the Grimm Brothers and E.T.A Hoffmann. Her work includes the retelling of Nutcrkacker & Mouseking and The Pied Piper of Hamelin for minedition.
Jonas Lauströer was born in Hamburg in 1979. He studied at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, with a focus on illustration, and now lectures in 3D animation. He is the illustrator of minedition’s The Elephant’s Child and The Hare & the Hedgehog.