Alenka Sottler (1958) has illustrated more than 50 books and been featured in numerous solo exhibitions and selections. She focuses mainly on interpreting classic and contemporary fairy tales. For her illustrator’s interpretation of Grimms’ Cinderella, she received the Golden Apple at the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava, a nomination for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and the Grand Prix at the Croatian Biennial of Illustration. She was also shortlisted in the House of Illustration and The Folio Society’s inaugural Book Illustration Competition in London. Her series of illustrations for adults Good Morning, which was displayed in two independent exhibitions at the Kibla and Alkatraz galleries, received the Prešeren Fund Award. She was nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and also received the Gold Medal for Book Illustration from the Society of Illustrators in New York, of which she is an invited member. In 2022 she illustrated the acclaimed book The Original Bambi, published by Princeton University Press.