Desa Muck

Desa Muck (1955) is an actress, TV presenter, publicist, and a writer of books for children and young adults. She is known for her stories, feuilletons, novellas, columns, and audio plays. She is most famous though for her works of fiction. Her adult novels include Panika (Panic, 2003) and Peskovnik boga otroka (The Child God's Sandpit, 2006). She has also authored a string of highly popular children's books. Her book Lažniva Suzi (Lying Suzy, 1997) was awarded the Večernica Prize in 1998. She is also a recipient of the Levstik Award, which she won for her children's book series Anica (Annie) in 2005. The series was chosen as the most popular Slovenian book among young readers according to the Mojca Most Popular Slovenian Book of the Year survey no less than four times. Her series of books for young adults Blazno resno (Incredibly Seriously) is similarly popular as well.