Alice Hoogstad

Alice Hoogstad (born 13 October 1957, in Rhoon) is a Dutch illustrator and writer of children's literature, best known for her book ''Monsterboek'' (2014) for which she won the Gouden Griffel and the Zilveren Penseel awards in 2015.

A graduate of the Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in Rotterdam, Hoogstad started illustrating children’s books in 1987, and as of 2023, has illustrated over 200 books for children's writers such as Guus Kuijer, Sjoerd Kuyper, and Tjibbe Veldkamp among others. Her works have been exhibited at the Rijksmuseum and at the Museum Kranenburgh.

For Hoogstad's 2022 book ''De nachtlantaarns van meneer Makkelie'', she made fourteen illustrations. Thirteen children's book writers, including Paul van Loon, Sjoerd Kuyper, Dolf Verroen, Bette Westera, Annet Schaap and Jan Paul Schutten, wrote stories for these illustrations. Provided by Wikipedia