Helena Kraljič (1971) is a youth writer, translator, editor and publisher. She graduated in economics and then worked for several years as a radio presenter, real estate agent, accountant and auditor. Her texts are often discussed in professional works, many of her stories have been staged in theatre plays and her picture books are broadcast as cartoons in Russia and Korea. As an active publisher, she is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the SKS, and serves as Vice-President of the international association of writers, poets and publicists, SCPEN. Her children's books have been nominated for the Kristina Brenkova Award several times, her book Sofia and the Ballet Slippers won a special award for quality integration of artistic genres in 2022, and her book Dancing in a Container was awarded Best Ecological Picture Book in 2009. Her latest book, published in 2023, is Badger the expert.