Torben Kuhlmann author page

Torben Kuhlmann biography

Torben Kuhlmann is a German communications designer, illustrator and picture-book author. He studied Illustration and Communication Design at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. His first children’s book, Lindbergh: The Tale of a Flying Mouse, grew out of his graduation thesis and was published in 2014.

Kuhlmann writes and illustrates stories for children, and several of his best-known books combine animal adventure with the history of science, flight and invention. Armstrong: The Adventurous Journey of a Mouse to the Moon was published in 2016; Edison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure was released on 2 October 2018; Einstein: The Fantastic Journey of a Mouse Through Space and Time was released on 7 September 2021.

His other work includes Moletown, a mostly wordless picture book about moles building an industrial world beneath a meadow. He also illustrated The Clown Said No by Mischa Damjan, in an English-language edition translated by Anthea Bell and David Henry Wilson and released on 4 October 2022.

Later English-language publications include The Gray City, written and illustrated by Kuhlmann and translated by David Henry Wilson, released on 17 September 2024. Earhart: The Incredible Flight of a Field Mouse Around the World, another Mouse Adventures title translated by David Henry Wilson, was released on 13 May 2025.