Stern Nijland

Author-illustrator Stern Nijland, winner of a Zilveren Griffel award, grew up in the province of Friesland, surrounded by animals and wildflowers, and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Groningen. Her love of nature has remained a constant and lies at the heart of her work as an illustrator and picture book writer. Together with Linda de Haan, she created King & King, an acclaimed picture book that travelled the world. The Animal Book of Death (2024) was her first non-fiction title for Lemniscaat, combining her own text with richly detailed illustrations, and was followed by Humans & Animals (2025). These books are light in tone yet thought-provoking. Kiki and the Frog Choir will be published, a picture book about equality and daring to sing your own song, will be published in spring 2026.