艾尔斯•海因索鲁（Els Heinsalu）是一位知名的爱沙尼亚物理学博士，爱沙尼亚青年科学院院长。她作为一名科学家研究的领域非常广泛，涉及生态学、统计物理学、复合系统学、语言动力学等等。她会说英语、爱沙尼亚语、德语、意大利语、西班牙语、俄语六种语言。她发表过许多篇优秀论文。
她在专业领域内获得诸多奖项：
The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science fellowship, 2017
The Estonian national contest for student research papers, 1-st award in doctoral level, Natural sciences and engineering, 2008
Annual award of Estonian Physics Society, 2008
The Estonian national contest for student research papers, 1-st award in doctoral level, Natural sciences and engineering, 2006
Prize of the University of Mynster, 2005
The 2-nd award of the Estonian Academy of Science for student research papers, 2004
The student prize of Estonian Physical Society, 2004
The 2-nd award of the Estonian Academy of Science for student research papers, 2002
Prize of the University of Mynster, 2002
她也是以下这些科学协会、组织的成员、主席或创始人：
Member of the Estonian jury of the L'Oréal Baltic For Women in Science Fellowship program, since 2018
President of the Estonian Young Academy of Sciences, since 2017
Member of the science communication task force, since 2017
Member of the science policy committee, since 2017
Founding member of the Estonian Young Academy of Sciences, 2016
Member of the Scientific Board of NICPB, since 2015
克里斯蒂•康吉拉斯奇（Kristi Kangilaski）是一位来自爱沙尼亚的绘本作家，同时也是一位插画师、书籍和平面设计师以及美术老师。2013年，她毕业于爱沙尼亚艺术学院平面设计专业，2012年出版了自己的第一本绘本。《阳光灿烂的假期》获得了爱沙尼亚众多优秀儿童文学奖，并在2018年出版中文版。2014年，康吉拉斯奇的第二本绘本《蒂乌和鸽子》入选白乌鸦目录。2019年，她凭借《小大人儿龙骑士》手稿获得Knee-High图书比赛第二名。除了创作自己的图画书，康吉拉斯奇还为八本儿童书籍配了插图。极强的想象力、速度利落的线条、明确的形状以及对细节的关注是她作品的特点。
作者曾获奖项：
2019 The Knee-High Book Competition, 2nd place (The Great Knight)
2017 Good Children’s Book (Epp Petrone „Võlusõnad”)
2017 The Knee-High Book Competition, 2nd place (Els Heinsalu. Heureka!)
2015 The White Ravens (Tiu and the Dove)
2015 The Knee-High Book Competition, honourable mention (Lana Vatsel Somebody Always Cares)
2014 5 Best-Designed Estonian Children’s Books, Certificate of Merit (Tiu and the Dove)
2013 5 Best-Designed Estonian Children’s Books, Certificate of Merit (Kristiina Kass. Dream Bird’s Nest)
2013 The Knee-High Book Competition, 2nd place (Epp Petrone Guess?)
2012 Good Children’s Book (The Sun Goes on Holiday)
2011 The Knee-High Book Competition, honourable mention (The Sun Goes on Holiday)