Leonie Schlager is an illustrator and musician who lives and works in Vienna. 
She studied cultural and social anthropolpgy at the university of Vienna and completed a diploma course in mediatechnology and mediamanagement at "Die Graphische", Vienna. Together with two colleagues, she is an illustrator and animator at "Atelier offfen - collective for animation and other". In 2019 she won the DIXI Children's Literature Prize in the Illustration category.

Lately she’s been working on her childrensbooks as well as her music under the moniker THE ZEW.

http://www.kinderliteraturpreis.at/

In March 2021 her first Book "Der Wassermann hat Zeit" was published by Tyrolia.

Der Wassermann ist ein Bilderbuch für die Genießer und Müßiggänger, eine Ode an den wahren Wert der Zeit. Hardcover erhältlich in allen Buchhandlungen sowie im Tyrolia-Onlineshop.