Sibylle von Olfers

Sibylle von Olfers (8 May 1881, Königsberg – 29 January 1916) was a German art teacher and a nun who worked as an author and illustrator of children's books.

She was the third oldest of the five children of Ernst Friedrich Franz Gustav Werner Marie von Olfers and his second wife Olga Maria Bertha Freiin Behr.

Sibylle grew up in a sheltered childhood and enjoyed, together with her brothers and sisters, education and teaching through governesses and private tutors.

According to the notes of her grandmother, she had the soft face of a Madonna but was called a wild bumblebee because she differed so much from other kids with her fantastic games and ideas.

This could especially be seen when she prayed in front of self-erected altars surrounded by numerous candles or when she modeled Madonnas and drew images of saints per order of her sister.