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Magda Gargulakova has a degree in Art History and she is a co-founder and also curator of the OFF/FORMAT gallery in Brno, Czechia, which exhibits and promotes contemporary progressive art, mostly by young artists. She worked for a time in marketing, but her love affair with books is a long one. For the gallery, she has edited and published several art publications. Since 2019, she have added to this experience as an editor of literature for very young readers at Albatros Media, using her two daughters for quality control.
Marie Urbankova comes from Czechia. Following her studies in Scenography at the Žižkov Secondary School of Art and Design, she went on to graduate in Animated Film from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Czechia. She has a number of children’s books to her name and is a regular contributor to a Czech children's magazine. In addition to illustrations and books, she enjoys animated film and all that goes with it.