Liis Sein (1983) is a playwright and children’s author. She graduated from Tallinn University in adult education and has received additional training in playwriting and creative writing. Sein currently works as an administrative assistant at the Estonian Children’s Literature Centre.
She has written many children’s books and won the Knee-High Book Competition in 2019. Sein conveys the world through children’s eyes such that adults also see it as a bigger, brighter, and more lucid place.
2022 Good Children's Book (Mona's Dad Has Some Ideas) Nomenee of the Annual Children’s Literature Award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia (Mona's Dad Has Some Ideas)
2021 Good Children's Book (Timid Little Fox)
2019 Good Children's Book (Saskia Looks for Colours) The Knee-High Book Competition, 1st place (Linn)