Aksinja Kermauner (1956) is a professor of Slovene language, fine arts, typhlopedagogue, writer and poet. For 25 years she taught at the Institute for Blind and Visually Impaired Youth in Ljubljana (today IRIS Centre). In 2010 she received her PhD from the Department of Special and Rehabilitation Pedagogy at the Faculty of Education at the University of Ljubljana, and after that lectured on inclusive pedagogy at the Faculty of Education at the University of Primorska and the University of Maribor. She has published 42 books of fiction for children, youth and adults. She leads many projects aimed at improving the inclusion of people with disabilities into society. She is a member of the Slovene Writers’ Association and vice-president of the Slovene Association of Special and Rehabilitation Educators. Her YA novel In zmaj je pojedel sonce (The Dragon Ate the Sun), which is an original travel book about China, but also a for the sighted to the land of the blind, was nominated fort he Desetnica Award. Her last book for children is Kamnožerji (Stone-Eaters), which she wrote in collaboration with Janja Plazar and illustrator Galina Miklínova.