Vera Eggerman is a Swiss illustrator whose Nina will fliegen (Atlantis Kinderbucher) won first prize in the Schweiz Bilderbuch Wettbewerb. Also with the same publisher she illustrated Sardinen Wachsen...Nicht auf Bäumen. Dackel und Dogge (from the Swiss publisher Zytglogge) and a Christmas book from Nathan in France are two of her most recent books.