Juraj Horváth graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, where he studied in the Illustration and Graphics Studio under Professor Jiří Šalamoun. He also completed internships in the Photography Studio (doc. Pavel Štecha) and in Lettering and Typography (prof. Jan Solpera). Horváth dedicates himself to drawing, graphic arts, graphic design, illustration, and publishing books for children and young adults through the Baobab publishing house, which he runs with his wife, Tereza Horváthová. He is behind the street project POPROSVET. As a graphic artist and illustrator, he works for publishers such as Argo, GplusG, Labyrinth, Torst, and Triad. He has published in magazines like Souvislosti, Dotyk, Revolver Revue, and Park. Since 2000, he has been in charge of creating the visual style for the International Documentary Film Festival in Jihlava. For the book Příběhy z Parní lázně (Tales From the Sweat Lodge), he received the award for The Most Beautiful Book of the World at the Leipzig Book Fair in 2001. Since 2003, he has been leading the Studio of Illustration and Graphics at UMPRUM in Prague. From 2010 to 2015, he created the exhibition program for the Baobab Gallery, focusing on graphics, authorial books, illustration, along with other currents in contemporary art that are more visual than conceptual. Since 2012 he has worked with Jan Čumlivský to prepare the art portion of the international book festival Tabook.

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Tereza Horváthová is a publisher, editor, translator, writer, and organizer. She graduated from the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, with a degree in French language and literature. In 2000, she and her husband Juraj Horváth founded Baobab, a publishing house for children's books. In 2011, she conceived and organized the first edition of the Tabook festival, an international event for small quality publishers. Beyond her publishing work, she writes children’s books, prose, and poetry, occasionally translates, and writes screenplays. She initiates nonprofit cultural events and engages in mild political-cultural activism. For her book Modrý tygr (The Blue Tiger), she received the Golden Ribbon award for 2005. The book was adapted into a film of the same name, directed by Petr Oukropec. She lives in Tábor, where she and her husband are raising eight children.

Kateřina Klaricová worked at the Museum of Decorative Arts in the 1980s as a photography department specialist, where she prepared exhibitions and authored scholarly publications on photography, including works on František Drtikol. Following the political changes in 1989, she took on the role of cultural section manager at the presidential office. In 1992, she opened a teahouse in Prague's Celetná Street, and later, another in the Náprstkovo Museum, which she established as new, unconventional cultural centers. She is a writer of poetry, short stories, and fairy tales.

Martin Kubát graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, specializing in book design. He is part of the KOPR group and the art editor for the weekly A2 magazine. His innovative book, "Je večer, vypusťte čerta" (It's Evening, Release the Devil), won the Most Beautiful Czech Book of the Year in 2008. Fra publishing house released it in Czech and English at the end of 2009.

Petra Kubáčková specializes in crocheting, casting, and drawing creatures – puppets. She collaborates with the Líšeň Theatre. She illustrated the book Satan’s Tango by László Krasznahorkai in her original style. She lives and works in Brno.

Jakub Kudláč, aka KK, was born years ago in Bratislava. He went to conservatory, studied composition, and played in the Bratislava band Volvic pič. He composed and recorded music for many animated films. Later, he moved to Prague and started a family. He lectures on film music at Tomas Bata University in Zlín, studies philosophy, and composes music for both film and theater. His first album, Baomuzikk, was released by Baobab publishing.

Michaela Kukovičová graduated from the animation studio at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, where she now works as an assistant in the Illustration and Graphics Studio. She focuses on book and magazine illustration, animation, directing music videos and short films, and illustrating for websites. She leads children's art workshops in cities including Prague, Brno, Bratislava, Warsaw, Bucharest, and Vienna. Kukovičová collaborates with the graphic studio REDESIGN and publishes books with Baobab, Akropolis, Labyrint, and Albatros publishers. Her work breathes new life into the poetic and pop-art approach to using found materials, and is playful and often surprising. Michaela Kukovičová has won awards in competitions such as the Most Beautiful Book of the Year and the Golden Ribbon.

Jan Machonin is a specialist in Russian studies, a journalist, and a translator, and graduated from the Institute of East European Studies at Charles University. He co-founded, edited, and wrote for the Czech cultural and social magazines Babylon and A2 and regularly contributes to the Jewish Yearbook, where he publishes translations of Russian Jewish poets and prose writers. From 2006 to 2015, he lived in Moscow, where he worked as a journalist, gallery owner, and cultural organizer at the Czech Center, and now he lives and works in Dubna near Moscow. Together with Alena Machoninová, he compiled and translated the poetry anthology of the Lianozovo School poets Zloději všedních okamžiků (Thieves of Ordinary Moments, Arbor vitae, 2016), edited and translated the book of poems by Alexander Makarov-Krotkov Co můžu říct (What Can I Say, Petrkov 2015), the books of Viktor Pivovarov Svědectví současníků (Testimonies of Contemporaries, Sefer / Ztichlá klika, 2014) and Zamilovaný agent (The Love-struck Agent, Torst / Viktor Pivovarov Foundation, 2018), and contributed to the translation of the book of poems by Igor Kholin Nikdo z vás nezná Cholina (None of You Know Kholin, Aleš Prstek Publishing, 2012). He translated from French the novels Velký sešit (The Notebook) and Důkaz (The Proof) by Swiss writer Agota Kristof (Mladá fronta, 1995, 2001). For Baobab Publishing, he translated Mark Charitonov's Učitel lhaní (The Teacher of Lies, 2004) and three volumes of Riad Sattouf's comic book pentalogy Jednou budeš Arab (The Arab of the Future, 2015– ). Over the last ten years, he has worked on the translation of six books of the Kolyma Stories cycle by Varlam Shalamov, which were published progressively by GplusG/Baobab from 2012 to 2019.

Marka Míková is a multifaceted artist who feels just as at home navigating punk music, puppet theater, and theatrical directing, as putting on improvisational children's performances in hospitals. After graduating high school in Prague in 1979, she began her career as a prompter and trainee at the Victorious February Theatre (now Klicpera Theatre) in Hradec Králové. In 1981, she took a position at the Na Františku hospital in Prague. In 1983, she completed the People's Conservatory in Prague where she had studied theater under Ivan Vyskočil, and furthered her education in directing and dramaturgy at the Puppetry Department of the Academy of Performing Arts, culminating in her original staging of Matky (Mothers). From 1987 to 1996, she directed at Prague's Minor puppet theatre, with notable productions including Karkulín ze střechy (Karkulín on the Roof), Paví král (The Peacock King), and Létající ryba (The Flying Fish). She also created and directed original productions like Podzem (Underworld) at the Braník Theatre and adapted J. Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress at Rubín theatre in 1999. Between 1999 and 2001, she was a presenter at Radio Limonádový Joe and contributed to the program magazine 14. Currently, she teaches at the Higher Professional School of Acting, specializes in puppet acting, and directs dubbing. Míková is a key figure in the Loutky v nemocnicích (Puppets in Hospitals) project. She has appeared in TV films, including Robinsonka and Jak se budí princezny (How To Wake a Princess), and was a member of the bands Plyn, Dybbuk, and Zuby nehty, with whom she recorded five albums and co-authored a book of lyrics. Her work has been featured in the interview book Otočila jsem hlavu tím směrem (I Turned My Head That Way) and her literary texts and poetry have appeared in Tvar. She was nominated for a Magnesia Litera award in 2007 for her book Knihufoss.

Painter, illustrator, and writer, Daisy Mrázková is the author of more than a dozen picture books for children. She studied at the School of Applied Arts under Professor Antonín Strnadel between 1943 and1944. As an artist, she participated in numerous exhibitions and, along with her husband, was a member of the art group UB 12. Her artistic pursuits included oil painting, and from 1962, children's literature and book illustration. Later in her career, she predominantly focused on pen drawings, colored pencil sketches, and in the 1990s, egg tempera painting. She began exhibiting in 1958 and was a member of the Artistic Association. Her literary works have been translated into Slovak, English, German, Japanese, Lithuanian, and Slovenian. In the 1970s, she pioneered the 'bilderbuch' genre for children. Until her death in 2016, her life remained entwined with of her husband’s, painter Jiří Mrázek (1920–2008).

Radana Přenosilová graduated from the Illustration and Graphics Studio at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. She focuses on illustration, graphic design, drawing, and painting. She lives and works in Prague.

Originally from Prague, Mgr. Tereza Říčanová, Ph.D., moved to a farm in Mezná in the Vysočina region twenty years ago, and has been living there ever since. She studied illustration and graphics at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, in the studio of Jiří Šalamoun. She completed her Ph.D. in the studio of illustration and graphics at the same university. Tereza Říčanová's artistic work spans a wide range of disciplines, including writing and illustrating children's books. Among her authored books are To je Istanbul (This is Istanbul) (2018), Obrazy světa (The World In Pictures) (2016), Psí knížka (Dog Book) (2014), Velikonoční knížka (Easter Book) (2012), Noemova archa (Noah's Ark) (2010), Měsíček svítí (The Moon Is Shining) (2008), Vánoční knížka (Christmas Book) (2008), and Kozí knížka (Goat Book) (2005). She performs in a unique theater show about the wolf Šedivák and the Black Lady, and her energetic theatricality extends to leading art workshops. Besides illustrating children's books, she has long been dedicated to painting, where she focuses on plants and dreams. Her dominant artistic techniques include graphics and glass underpainting. Since 2019, she has also embraced the role of a dancer, performing in the Kozí kraviny show at the Ponec Theater with Barbara Látalová. That same year, she received the M. Šašek Foundation Award for the design of the Kravská kniha (Cow Book), which she is preparing for publication. In the past, she has received awards such as the Most Beautiful Book of the Czech Republic and the Golden Ribbon. Her illustrated album Noemova archa (Noah's Ark) was nominated for the Magnesia Litera prize.

Alžběta Skálová, studied animated film at the Prague School of Applied Arts under Jiří Barta and later illustration and graphics with Juraj Horváth. She further enriched her artistic experience with internships in Paris and Baltimore. Skálová's artistic repertoire spans painting, with a focus on watercolor, graphic arts, and object art. Renowned as an illustrator and author, she self-published her works with small publishers like Kopr and NaPOLI. At NaPOLI, alongside M. Kupsová and A. Zemanová, she delved into her own creative projects – particularly books, posters, and paper games – making a mark in exhibitions for small publishers and contemporary design both in the Czech Republic and internationally, including Japan. She played a pivotal artistic role in K. Karhánková's acclaimed animated film "Fruits of Clouds" (2017), which garnered multiple awards, including Best European Short Film for Children at the Berlinale.

Skálová has a longstanding collaboration with Baobab Publishing and has published with Labyrint, Albatros, Brod, and the French publisher MeMo. Her illustrations and books have earned her prestigious recognitions like the Most Beautiful Czech Book and Magnesia Litera awards.

Her work is exhibited widely, both domestically and abroad, with her most comprehensive exhibition, "Walking in Twilight," held at the Villa Pellé Gallery in 2019. Skálová lives and works in Prague and the countryside.

Kateřina Šachová's works are known for their broad calligraphic appeal, masterfully playing with empty space and the fragility of lines. Her graphic design work stands out for its clean harmony and joyful expression. Kateřina has also authored several books for both children and adults. She is the creative force behind the trailblazing stationery brand, Papelote. https://www.papelote.cz/

Markéta Šimlová graduated high school in Olomouc. Fromm 1996 to 2000, she studied at Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague under Prof. Šalamoun. She currently lives and illustrates textbooks in Bystřtice u Olomouce.

Once upon a time, she studied scenography at KALD DAMU. She has created notable radio documentaries including Chodit po hranici (Walking on the Edge) about ceramist Jana Krejzová, and Vitajte, Margitka, na Šumiac (Welcome, Margitka, to Šumiac) focusing on photographer Markéta Luskačová. Dagmar has contributed to unique performances such as ONY and A bude mi znít i hudba tohodle místa (And the Music of This Place Will Resound in Me), where she showcased her acting skills. Her theatrical creations, like Mechanický cirkus (Mechanical Circus) and O okradeném lakomci (The Stolen Miser), are known for their dynamic objects, shadow play, and innovative sounds. Collaborating with Minor theater as an artist, she regularly curates exhibitions for the Ponorka gallery. In her art studio Kolej, Dagmar teaches a diverse array of students, from children to adults, cats, dogs, and even mice. She loves writing, reading, typesetting, harvesting, and above all, walking!

Eva Volfová, born in 1979 in Teplice, is a versatile artist focusing on drawing, printmaking, collage, textile collage, embroidery, and mixed media. She also runs art workshops for children and adults and teaches art education. Eva studied textiles at VŠUP in Prague and completed internships in Jiří Lindovský's graphics studio at AVU, Juraj Horváth's studio of illustration and graphics at VŠUP, and the Textile Department at the University of Ljubljana. She has authored several illustrated and picture books for children and regularly exhibits her work.