Bibi Dumon Tak (Rotterdam, 1964) made her debut in 2001 with The Cow Book, a nonfiction children’s book about cows. With this debut, she immediately won a Silver Slate Pencil (Zilveren Griffel). Many books followed, mostly nonfiction for children, especially about animals. Over time, she expanded into other genres, including young adult fiction, picture books, poetry, and both fiction and nonfiction for adults. She has received numerous awards for her work, including the Golden Slate Pencil (Gouden Griffel) for Winter Animals, the Woutertje Pieterse Prize for Today I’m Giving My Presentation About the Anaconda, and the Theo Thijssen Prize for her complete body of work.

In addition to her career as an author, Bibi Dumon Tak is also well known for her columns on the radio program Vroege Vogels and for opinion pieces published in various newspapers.