Barbara Schinko

Born in 1980 and raised in a small Austrian town, Barbara writes primarily for children and young people. After a childhood that took place between mountains of books and the worlds in my head, she studied international economics, lived in Ireland for several months and traveled around the USA in a camper van. Barbara writes romance novels for young adults and new adult target groups, as well as children's and youth books that deal with serious everyday topics in a poetic and imaginative way, as well as with fairy tales, ballads, and legends. "Snowflake Summer" was awarded the Austrian Children's and Young People's Book Prize 2016 and the City of Vienna's Children's and Young People's Book Prize 2016.