Marcus pfister author biography for books

Marcus Pfister was born the 30th of July 1960 in Bern, Switzer-land. He attended the Art School of Bern and then completed an apprenticeship as a Graphic Designer. From 1981-1983 he worked as a Graphic Designer at the publicity agency Alexandre Ott in Zurich.

Marcus pfister author biography for books

He then took off six months and traveled across the United States, Canada and Mexico. When he re-turned to Switzerland he started working as an independent Graphic Artist. Between 1984 and 1985 he made the sketches for his first picture book “The Sleepy Owl".

It was published in 1986 by North-South Books, this was the beginning of a long collaboration. Until 1992, Marcus worked simultaneously as a Graphic Designer and as an author/illustrator of children's books.In 1992 he burst onto the international scene with his book "TheRainbow Fish", which convinced him to focus solely on writing and illustrating his own books.Up to now 65 books of Marcus Pfister have been published.

They have been translated into more than 60 languages.