Biography
Aidi Vallik (1971) is a children’s author, columnist and screenwriter. She graduated from the University of Tartu in Estonian philology and has written over twenty books for children and young adults, children’s plays, TV series, and scripts for children’s films. Her trilogy of young-adult novels about a girl named Ann (2001–2007) received several awards in Estonia and abroad, and has been translated into Finnish, Latvian, and Lithuanian. Vallik has a sharp eye for contemporary social issues as well as the sensitivity and warmth needed to address them in a manner suitable for children.
Profile photo: Esta Metsik (Elva Foto)
Nighty-Nighty! : Bedtime Stories by Mothers
Illustrator: Piret Mildeberg
2006, 84 pp
ISBN: 9985968441
fiction, storybook
Ei mikään kiltti tyttö
Original title: How Are You, Ann?
Language: Finnish
Translator: Varja Arola
Otava
2002, 224 pp
ISBN: 9789511193791
fiction, young adult novel
Kaip laikaisi, Ana?
Original title: How Are You, Ann?
Language: Lithuanian
Translator: Viltarė Mickevičienė (Urbaitė)
Gimtasis Žodis
2005, 174 pp
ISBN: 9955160373
fiction, young adult novel
Kas ar tevi notika, Anna?
Original title: What Happened To You, Ann?
Language: Latvian
Translator: Maima Grīnberga
Zvaigzne ABC
2009, 279 pp
ISBN: 9789934007255
fiction, young adult novel
Ko darīt, Anna?
Original title: What Now, Ann?
Language: Latvian
Translator: Maima Grīnberga
Zvaigzne ABC
2006, 159 pp
ISBN: 9789984369594
fiction, young adult novel
Kā tev klājas, Anna?
Original title: How Are You, Ann?
Language: Latvian
Translator: Maima Grīnberga
Zvaigzne ABC
2002, 215 pp
ISBN: 9984226050
fiction, young adult novel
Pelkkää vedätystä
Original title: What Now, Ann?
Language: Finnish
Translator: Varja Arola
Otava
2004, 176 pp
ISBN: 9511193791
fiction, young adult novel
Пинтс и Тутсик. I часть
Illustrator: Ott Vallik
Translator: Jelena Baljasnaja
Bri & Ko
2014, 117 pp
ISBN: 9789949943562
fiction, storybook
Пинтс и Тутсик. II часть
Illustrator: Ott Vallik
Translator: Jelena Baljasnaja
Bri & Ko
2017, 118 pp
ISBN: 9789949943579
fiction, storybook
2022
Good Children's Book (Tädi Klaara maja)
2020
The White Ravens (Soapy's World)
2018
Karl Eduard Sööt Children’s Poetry Award, Readers Choice (Kust said?)
2016
Karl Eduard Sööt Children’s Poetry Award (Imelised inimesed)
2011
J. Oro Prize for Children’s Literature
Raisin of the Year Award (Mannikese lugu)
2010
Nukits Competition, 2nd place (Pints ja Tutsik I)
Karl Eduard Sööt Children’s Poetry Award (Mina, kana, lehm ja kratt)
Good Children's Book (Mannikese lugu)
2008
Jānis Baltvilks Prize (Jāņa Baltvilka balva), Latvia (How Are You, Ann? and What Now, Ann?)
2007
Latvian Children's, Young Adults' and Parents Jury (Bērnu, jauniešu un vecāku žūrija), 1st place, (What Now, Ann?)
2006
Knee-High Book Competition (Mannikese lugu)
2003
Latvian Children's and Young Adults' Jury (Bērnu un jauniešu žūrija), 1st place (age 15+), (How Are You, Ann?)
2002
Nukits Competition, 2nd place (How Are You, Ann?)
2000
Youth Novel Competition, 1st place (How Are You, Ann?)
Good Children's Book (Tädi Klaara maja)
2020
The White Ravens (Soapy's World)
2018
Karl Eduard Sööt Children’s Poetry Award, Readers Choice (Kust said?)
2016
Karl Eduard Sööt Children’s Poetry Award (Imelised inimesed)
2011
J. Oro Prize for Children’s Literature
Raisin of the Year Award (Mannikese lugu)
2010
Nukits Competition, 2nd place (Pints ja Tutsik I)
Karl Eduard Sööt Children’s Poetry Award (Mina, kana, lehm ja kratt)
Good Children's Book (Mannikese lugu)
2008
Jānis Baltvilks Prize (Jāņa Baltvilka balva), Latvia (How Are You, Ann? and What Now, Ann?)
2007
Latvian Children's, Young Adults' and Parents Jury (Bērnu, jauniešu un vecāku žūrija), 1st place, (What Now, Ann?)
2006
Knee-High Book Competition (Mannikese lugu)
2003
Latvian Children's and Young Adults' Jury (Bērnu un jauniešu žūrija), 1st place (age 15+), (How Are You, Ann?)
2002
Nukits Competition, 2nd place (How Are You, Ann?)
2000
Youth Novel Competition, 1st place (How Are You, Ann?)
