Marjanca Jemec Božič (1928) is an academically trained painter and illustrator. Since 1955, her colourful tongue-in-cheek images have adorned magazines, textbooks, and more than 200 books. During her long creative journey, she has illustrated works by many key Slovenian writers and poets who write for children. Her images in picture books such as Spot the Dinosaur by Leopold Suhodolčan, The Little Monkey Nana by Josip Ribičič, In the City by Polonca Kovač, Juri Muri in Africa by Tone Pavček, and The Little Mill by Anja Štefan represent an essential part of the canon of Slovenian children’s literature. A large part of her rich oeuvre is included in the The Fairy Tale Flower (2013) anthology. Her collaboration with the magazine Ciciban goes back to the very beginnings of the publication, more than seven decades ago. Her works have also been displayed in numerous group and solo exhibitions. She received an award for TV illustration in Japan, the first UNICEF Award for a greeting card illustration, multiple Levstik Awards, the Kajuh Award, the Levstik Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Hinko Smrekar Lifetime Achievement Award.