Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (born December 18, 1948) is the author of a number of fantasy books for children.
Her most famous contribution to the field of children's fantasy is The Little Vampire series, which has sold over 10 million copies and has been translated into over 30 languages.
"[1] The novel, written in 1979, spawned a series of books, and the plot has been adapted to theatre, radio, cinema, and television.
Later a CG-animated film The Little Vampire 3D, directed by Richard Claus and Karsten Kiilerich, was released in 2017.
She was assistant master at intermediate and secondary school in Hamburg, West Germany from 1972 to 1984[1] and wrote the first chapter of The Little Vampire as an experiment to see what types of literature could hold the interest of her students.