Lucas at the Paralympics - Paperback

by Igor Plohl (Author), Urska Stropnik Sonc (Illustrator)

Author Biography

Igor Phol (pronounced EE-gor PLAHL) was born and raised in Slovenia, where he teaches at a primary school and lectures extensively on physical disability and spinal cord injury. After falling from a ladder at the age of twenty-nine, he injured his spinal cord and became paraplegic. He shares his experience in an autobiographical book for adults and three children's books. You can learn more about Igor Plohl on his website www.igor-plohl.info.

Urska Stropnik Sonc graduated from the Faculty of Education in Maribor for book illustration. Her first picture book illustrations were published in 1997. Since then, she has illustrated more than 70 books. She lives with her husband and three sons in Velenje, Slovenia.