Leonora Leitl

Leonora Leitl (* 1974 in Ried im Innkreis ) is an Austrian graphic artist , illustrator of books for children and young people and author .

Life

Leonora Leitl graduated from college and the master class for graphic and communication design in Linz . Since 2010 she has been involved in children's book illustration and writing. She lives with her family in Gramastetten in the Mühlviertel.

Book publications

• Mama & the black hole , Tyrolia Verlag Wien - Innsbruck 2015, ISBN 978-3702234362
• I don't have a bird! , Text: Christian Futscher , Picus Verlag Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3854521792
• Willi Virus - From the life of a cold virus , Text: Heidi Trpak, Tyrolia Verlag Wien - Innsbruck 2015, ISBN 978-3702234867
• Together we can do a lot: Stories about first communion , text: Birgit and Georg Bydlinski , Tyrolia Verlag Wien - Innsbruck 2016, ISBN 978-3702234904
• A garden grows on my back , text: Birgit Unterholzner, Picus Verlag 2016, ISBN 978-3854521907
• A letter for the world: Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato si explained for children , text: Hubert Gaisbauer , Tyrolia Verlag Wien - Innsbruck 2016, ISBN 978-3702235239
• Happiness is a bird , Picus Verlag Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3854521969
• The saga of St. Stephen's Cathedral , text: Barbara Schinko , Tyrolia Verlag Wien - Innsbruck 2017, ISBN 978-3702236441
• Susi Schimmel - From rotten and rotting , Tyrolia Verlag Vienna - Innsbruck 2018, ISBN 978-3702236656
• Queen for one night, Kunstanstifter Verlag, Mannheim 2019, ISBN 978-3-942795-73-9
• Once you will ..., Tyrolia Verlag Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-7022-3801-8

Awards

• 2013: DIXI Children's Literature Prize 2013 for Illustration for Mama & the Black Hole
• 2014: Romulus Candea Prize of the Children's Jury for Mama & the Black Hole
• 2015: Shortlist Science Book of the Year 2016 with Willi Virus
• 2016: Willi Vius is included in “The 100 Best - New Children's and Young People's Books” at the Munich Book Show Junior
• 2016: Austrian children's and youth book prize  for Willi Virus
• 2016: Admission to the “Schreibzeit” funding program of the Austrian Institute for Youth Literature
• 2016: Book of the Month (12/16) from the German Academy for Children's and Young Adult Literature with A Letter for the World
• 2017: Shortlist for the Catholic children's and youth book award with A Letter for the World
• 2018: Mira Lobe Scholarship
• 2018: Longlist Science Book of the Year Susi Schimmel
• 2018: EMYS non-fiction book award in August 2018 for Susi Schimmel
• 2018: Children's and young people's book prize of the City of Vienna for Susi Schimmel
• 2020: Austrian children's and youth book award for Once you will ...
• 2020: The top 7, books for young readers, Deutschlandfunk, for once you will ...
• 2020: Outstanding Artist Award for children's and youth literature
• 2020: Shortlisted piggyback picture book award for Queen for one night

Web links

• Leonora Leitl's blog
• Literature by and about Leonora Leitl in the catalog of the German National Library