Biography
Liis Sein (1983) is a playwright and children’s author. She graduated from Tallinn University in adult education and has received additional training in playwriting and creative writing. Sein currently works as an administrative assistant at the Estonian Children’s Literature Centre.
She has written many children’s books and won the Knee-High Book Competition in 2019. Sein conveys the world through children’s eyes such that adults also see it as a bigger, brighter, and more lucid place.
Profile picture: Aron Urb
Moje mesto
Original title: My City
Language: Slovenian
Illustrator: Gerda Märtens
Translator: Julija Potrč Šavli
Založba Pivec
2023, 32 pp
ISBN: 9789617164718
picturebook, fiction
Monas untumainais tētis
Original title: Mona’s Dad Has Some Ideas
Language: Latvian
Illustrator: Ulla Saar
Translator: Maima Grīnberga
Jāņa Rozes apgāds
2024, 88 pp
ISBN: 9789984239897
storybook, fiction
Silvija ieško spalvų
Original title: Saskia Looks for Colours
Language: Lithuanian
Illustrator: Catherine Zarip
Translator: Viltarė Mickevičienė (Urbaitė)
Baltos lankos
2021, 32 pp
ISBN: 9786094701351
picturebook, fiction
2023
The White Ravens (Mona's Dad Has Some Ideas)
2022
Good Children's Book (Mona's Dad Has Some Ideas)
Nomenee of the Annual Children’s Literature Award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia (Mona's Dad Has Some Ideas)
2021
Good Children's Book (Timid Little Fox)
2019
Good Children's Book (Saskia Looks for Colours)
The Knee-High Book Competition, 1st place (Linn)
The White Ravens (Mona's Dad Has Some Ideas)
2022
Good Children's Book (Mona's Dad Has Some Ideas)
Nomenee of the Annual Children’s Literature Award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia (Mona's Dad Has Some Ideas)
2021
Good Children's Book (Timid Little Fox)
2019
Good Children's Book (Saskia Looks for Colours)
The Knee-High Book Competition, 1st place (Linn)