The Artists
Gerald Hartwig
Illustrator, born 1973 in Graz, Austria.
After graduation he moved to L.A. to study film. He lived in the U.S. for ten years and was fortunate enough to collect zillions of interesting experiences.
His art was exhibited in L.A., Berlin, Dresden, Mexico, Trinidad and Austria.
He then moved to Berlin to explore this city also. 2013 he moved back to Graz where he lives now with his wife and two children.
He’s doing work for mags, for movies and for his own projects:
“Edition Brudertwist”, founded together with is brother;
“Chamäleon” his first graphic novel published by Luftschacht, Vienna;
“Caveman”, together with Madhu Einsiedler (author), e-book published by Truthful Books, Vienna.
Website: www.zeichenstrich.de; email: info@zeichenstrich.de
Madhu Einsiedler
Writer, business coach, born 1965 in Linz, Austria.
Studied Organizational Design, Marketing, Psychology at Johannes Kepler University, Linz;
MBA in International Business at Texas A&M University, U.S. and Japan.
Worked as Experienced Manager with an international consulting firm for seven years.
2001 she moved to Vienna and founded, together with her husband, their own consulting and coaching boutique, focusing on leadership development.
Since 1998 continuous therapy related trainings and educations.
2006-2009 writing classes (Short Story, Creative Writing, Screenwriting) with UCLA Extention online.
2011 her short story “Zirkus” gets elected one of ten winners of the Austrian wide writing competition “fm 4 Wortlaut”.
2013 “Caveman” receives a stipend from the City of Vienna.