Born in Berlin in 1928, where she spent her childhood, with holidays in East Prussia and on the North Sea coast. She studied at the Art Academies of Freiburg/Breisgau, Munich and Hamburg. In 1957 her first book was published. She now has 255 published works, which have been translated into 22 languages. In 1967 she won the “Deutsche Jugendbuchpreis” prize and the Golden Apple award at the Biennale of Illustrations in Bratislava for her book the “Golden Bird”. She has also made a number of illustrations for children’s books, posters and school books; a series of greeting cards for UNICEF and produces a twice yearly series of greeting cards for the Swiss Children’s Foundation. She designed a series of 12 decorative plates for Sophienthal in Germany, and a German manufacturer commissioned a range of stationery. She was recently included in a book of letters with illustrations, spanning three centuries of correspondents. Her travels have taken her to the United States, Brazil, The Netherlands, Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece, Corsica, Sardinia, Israel, Mexico and Australia, where she was invited to give a series of lectures by the Goethe Institute. She lived for a time in Paris and Corsica. Then in 1965 she started to spend her summers in Provence, returning to Berlin for the winter. Since 1984 she has lived permanently in Provence. Lilo has had exhibitions of her work in Sweden, Denmark, Australia, Japan, Germany and France. Lilo's painting "Out of Time" was selected for the 2009 Summer Exhibition at The Royal Academy in London. Awards include: 1960 Short-listed for the Deutsche Jugendbuchpreis for Das Mondgesicht. 1962 Short-listed for Hans Christian Andersen prize for “Das Mondgesicht”. 1963 Short-listed for the Deutsche Jugendbuchpreis for Oberpotz und Hoppelhans. 1965 Short-listed for the Deutsche Jugendbuchpreis for Das Kinderhaus. 1968 Short-listed for the Deutsche Jugendbuchpreis for Keikos Seifenblase. 1968 Short-listed for the Deutsche Jugendbuchpreis for Pumpernick und Pimpernell. 1969 Short-listed for the Deutsche Jugendbuchpreis for Cowboy Jim. 1970 Short-listed for the Deutsche Jugendbuchpreis for Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt. 1972 Short-listed for the Deutsche Jugendbuchpreis for Muffel und Plums I. 1973 Among best 28 children’s books for Uncle Harry, Children’s Book Council. New York. 1973 Italian Premio Europeo di Letteratura Giovanile for Muffel und Plums II. 1976 Among 10 best popular illustrators at 11th Exhibition of Original pictures, International Children’s Books, Tokyo, Japan. 1980 Short-listed for Japanese Owl prize for Das Meerhäschen. 1982 Children’s book of the month (June), Deutschen Akademie für Kinder und Jugendliteratur, for Klein Häschen.               Also winner of 3 stamp competitions for the German PTT.   © 2007 Lilo Fromm