Margit Saluste

Biography

Margit Saluste (1964) is a children’s writer and illustrator. She graduated from the Tallinn Light Garment Technology School in clothing design and modelling, studied at the Estonian Academy of Arts’ Open Academy, and worked as a nursery art teacher. Saluste has written 15 books for toddlers, illustrated works by herself and others, and has regularly contributed to the children’s magazine
Mesimumm. She expertly expands children’s worldviews by explaining things in an easy-to-understand way – be it by introducing professions, describing climate phenomena, or detailing the wide range of human emotions.