Josephine Mark, born in 1981 in Naumburg/Saale, works as an illustrator, comic artist and graphic designer. She has been publishing comics and cartoons since 2004. My Trip with Drip was nominated for the German Children's Book Prize and won the Max and Moritz Award for best graphic novel. Her own experience being treated for cancer was the inspiration for My Trip with Drip. She lives in Leipzig, Germany.
""...a touching and engaging graphic novel about illness and friendship that will charm older middle grade readers."" - YA Books Central ""A simple, heartwarming story filled with kind and humorous forest creatures that offers readers hope in the face of cancer treatment."" – School Library Journal “Rarely has the subject of illness been put on paper in such a touching and entertaining way.” –Ralf König, International bestselling graphic novelist