Dieter Braun is a freelance illustrator and children's book author from Hamburg, Germany. He studied Communication Design at the Folkwangschule in Essen. Clients include International publications like Time Magazine, The New York Times, stern, Cosmopolitan, Newsweek, Elle and Glamour. The illustrations for the anniversary edition of Momo by Michael Ende are among his most recent work.

Braun has created a labor of love [.] Every page has breathtaking art in a style that includes masterful attention to the colors, textures, and geometric shapes inherent in the featured animals' bodies and habitats.