Illustrator
Iris Samartzi is a multi-award winner Greek illustrator for kids. Her work obtained important recognitions in Greece and abroad. In 2016, she won the 9th edition of the International Compostela Prize for Picture Books; in Greece, among the various prizes, she won twice the National Prize of the Illustrated Books for Children, and the IBBY Award Greece for five times. In 2020 and in 2022, she was nominated from IBBY Greece as illustrator for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. When she does not illustrate books, Iris Samartzi organizes artistic workshops for children. She works and lives in Athens.