Jutta Bauer was born in Volksdorf, Hamburg. After studying at the Technical College of Design in Hamburg, she then worked as a children's book illustrator and as cartoonist. Jutta won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Award) in 2001 for the picture book Schreimutter, which she wrote and illustrated. In 2010 Jutta received the Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration. She currently resides in Hamburg.
