Michael Ende

Michael Ende was a German writer of fantasy and children's fiction, born in 1929 and died in 1995. He is best known for The Neverending Story, in which a young boy named Bastian slips into the world of Fantastica through a storybook, and his other works include Momo and Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver. Ende wrote for adults as well as children, and his books have sold more than 35 million copies.