Elīna Brasliņa (1988) is an award-winning Latvian illustrator and translator who has more than 30 books to her name. Her various eccentric characters and light-hearted irony gained almost instant popularity and recognition. She has also made her international début in 2016 with illustrations for Kate Wakeling’s collection of children’s poems Moon Juice (Emma Press, 2016).
www.elinabraslina.com
2018, The White Ravens for Tobiass, Čārlijs un neredzamais spoks [Tobias, Charlie, and the invisible ghost dog]
2018, IBBY Honour List for Tobiass, Čārlijs un neredzamais spoks [Tobias, Charlie, and the invisible ghost dog]
2017, The International Jānis Baltvilks Prize in Children’s Literature and Book Art for Tobiass, Čārlijs un neredzamais spoks [Tobias, Charlie, and the invisible ghost dog], 2017, by Juris Zvirgzdiņš, Operācija “Maska” [Operation MASK], 2016, by Luīze Pastore and Pēdējais ķēniņš [The last king], 2016, by Luīze Pastore
2017, Pastariņš Prize for series Mākslas detektīvi [Art detectives] by Luīze Pastore – Pazudušais pērtiķis [The missing monkey], 2015, Neredzamais cilvēks [The invisible man], 2015, Svešinieka atnākšana [Arrival of the stranger], 2015, Operācija “Maska” [Operation MASK] and Pēdējais ķēniņš [The last king]
2016, The White Ravens for Neredzamais cilvēks [The invisible man]
2015, The Golden Apple-tree National Book Art Contest prize for Have a nice day! Gandrīz mīlas stāsts [Have a nice day! Almost a love story] by Juris Zvirgzdiņš
2014, The special prize of Jury of the International Jānis Baltvilks Prize in Children’s Literature and Book Art for Gaidītāja meža cūka [The waiting boar] by Māris Čaklais
2014, The Golden Apple-tree National Book Art Contest prize for No Rīgas līdz Rīgai. Tobiass un Tama lielajā bibliotēku ceļojumā [From Riga to Riga. Tobias’s and Tama’s great European library trip] by Juris Zvirgzdiņš and Inguna Cepīte
