TINE MODEWEG-HANSEN was born in Copenhagen, and she completed undergraduate and graduate studies in illustration at Designskolen Kolding. Critics named her part of a new generation of Danish illustrators dubbed "The Young Wild." To date, she has illustrated 20 books, receiving accolades as "one of Denmark's most offbeat, dynamic and imaginative drawing brains" (Berlingske Tidende) and earning a place on the prestigious IBBY Honour List. Tine lives with her family in Montreal, Quebec.