Elisabeth Zöller is one oft he best known and successful authors for children and young adults in Germany. Her novel „Schwarzer, Wolf, Skin“ (Black, Woolf, Skin) caused a great sensation. For her book „Anna rennt“ (Anna is Running) she was awarded the Katholischer Jugendbuchpreis (Catholic Youth book prize), for „Anton oder Die Zeit des unwerten Lebens“ the Gustav-Heinemann-Peace Prize. She lives with her family in Münster.