Clara Vath is a German freelance illustrator specializing in middle grade & children’s literature illustration, fantasy illustration and book cover design.

Starting as a freelancer in 2012, she has over 10 years of experience in illustration work with various clients including German publishers like Ravensburger, Arena, Schneiderbuch / HarperCollins Germany, Boje / Bastei Lübbe, TOPP / Random House or KJB Fischer amongst others.
Her work has been licensed internationally to several countries and has been on the Spiegel Bestseller List.

She is a member of the German association of illustrators, the Illustratoren Organisation (IO) and lives and works near Dresden, Germany.

Publications (selection):

In the past years, Clara has worked on over 100 book publications. Some of these are:

– German edition of How to Train your Dragon: “Drachenzähmen leicht gemacht” (Cressida Cowell, Arena)
– Internat der bösen Tiere (Gina Mayer, Ravensburger)
– The Ruby Circle (Jana Hoch, Arena)
– Die Dinoschule (Britta Sabbag, Schneiderbuch)
– Pony Jamie – einfach heldenhaft (Jana Hoch, Arena)
– Lynx – Das Geheimnis der alchimagischen Tiere (Miriam Kromeier, Boje)
– and many more

Languages:
– German (mothertounge)
– English (fluent)
– Khmer (second mothertounge)
– Turkish (basics)
– Spanish (basics)

Clara’s illustrations are hand drawn with a graphics tablet and without any GenAI.