Kai Pannen
Kai Pannen was built, correction, born and programmed at 51 degrees north latitude and 6 degrees west longitude*. He received an upgrade in painting and film at the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne. He worked as a book illustrator and animator for many years until he was given a writing program in 2015 and has since worked mainly as an author of children's and young adult books. In 2017, the German Publishers and Booksellers Association honored him as Reading Artist of the Year. He has lived in Hamburg since 1996 and can be found on the internet at kaipannen.de. *in Moers on the Lower Rhine