Annie Kubler was born in the north east of France, in a mountainous area called the Vosges, where she spent her childhood. After studying Visual Communication at the School of Decorative Arts in Strasbourg, she moved to England in 1985 joining the Child’s Play team led at the time by its founder Michael Twinn. For 40 years she has been their art director while also illustrating many books. Extremely proud to have played a part in building the inclusive and diverse Child's Play list, she hopes to have inspired many children in their reading journey. She now lives in the north west of the UK, close to wild and wonderful landscapes that she loves to explore on foot or on two wheels. Yanitzia has published more than 500 books (novel, short stories, poetry, essays, plays), especially for children and young readers.Some of her books have been translated into English, Portuguese, Chinese, Bulgarian, Romanian, Croatian, and other languages.As a literary consultant and editor for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Pearson Education, McGraw-Hill, and other publishing companies, she has written series and collections of fiction and non-fiction books, teacher guides, student anthologies, and other educational materials for the US bilingual system.Fluent in Spanish, English and Italian, she has been a translator of more than 300 children’s books, including some classics of Anglo-Saxon children’s literature, such as the stories of Seuss, Berenstein Bears, Amelia Bedelia, Curious George, among others. She has also translated the former First Lady Laura Bush’s children’s literature book, and the Yellow Submarine book, an adaptation from The Beatles film.
