Chris and the Christmas Angel

Wendy Maartens lives in Table View – only a stone’s throw from the “big blue dam”, Rietvlei’s lagoon and the West Coast where everything centres around the turn of the tide, the early morning’s catch and stories from long ago. She is an author of children’s books, a journalist, a translator and a dreamer. In 2005 her book Lena se bottelboom was placed on Exclusive Books’ “Publisher’s Choice” List and in 2006 Maartens received an honourable mention at the Noma Awards. Twice she has also been a finalist at the ATKV’s Veertjie Awards: In 2006 for Lena se Bottelboom and in 2007 for a column.

Anneliese Voigt-Peters was born in Bellville. She studied BA Fine Arts at the University of the Freestate, and Illustration at the University of Stellenbosch. In 1997, she won the Vivian Wilkes Award for children’s book illustrations for The Red Dress, and in 2007 she received the Exclusive Books - IBBY South African Award for Ouma Ruby’s Secret. She currently lives in New York with her husband and two sons.