Elham Asadi was born in Iran. She graduated in Graphic Design and had a Master of Arts in Illustration at Tehran University. In 2000, she moved to Italy; she studied Painting and specialized in Multimedia Languages at Florence's Academy of Fine Arts, where she later on worked as an assistant professor of Art in Graphic Design (2009). In 2003, she publishes her first picture books, among which I Tenebrini and Gatto sogna.
Gideon Sterer is an American author whose books include Skyfishing, illustrated by Poly Bernatene, Not Your Nest, illustrated by Andrea Tsurumi, From Ed's to Ned's, illustrated by Ruth Cummins, and The Night Knights, illustrated by Cory Godbey, which has been optioned by Sony Pictures. Gideon grew up in the woods of upstate New York, where his parents owned a little zoo where he would run around after-hours and let the animals out.
Sara Gamberini was born in Verona, in 1971. She graduated in Italian Literature. Maestoso è l'abbandono, her first novel, was published by Hacca Edizioni in 2018.
Beatrice Solinas Donghi (1923-2015), nacque a Serra Riccò (Genova) da una famiglia aristocratica. Il padre era giornalista e la madre una pittrice inglese. Esordì con L’estate della menzogna (Feltrinelli, 1959) cui seguirono parecchie altre opere per adulti. Appassionata studiosa di narrazione popolare, curò molte raccolte tra cui Fiabe Liguri assieme a Pino Boero (Mondadori, 1982), e scrisse il saggio La fiaba come racconto (Marsilio, 1976).
Rosa Tiziana Bruno, sociologa e insegnante, è autrice di saggi sull'educazione, racconti fiabeschi e romanzi. Si occupa di formazione docenti e conduce ricerche scientifiche sulla didattica narrativa. Dal 2014 è direttrice artistica del festival di letteratura per ragazzi Scampia Storytelling. Nel 2017 ha vinto l’International Writers Awards, assegnato dall’Institute for Education, Research and Scolarship (IFERS) di Los Angeles.
Ruth Krauss was one of the most widely celebrated children’s book authors of all time. Her long list of award-winning books includes The Carrot Seed, A Hole Is to Dig, Open House for Butterflies, and many others. Her books continue to be read and cherished by children throughout the world.
Di origine etrusca, Giovanna Ranaldi vive tra Roma e Madrid. E’ stata incisore, stampatore, restauratrice, educatrice; attualmente è illustratrice e autrice. Per quattro anni ha ideato e condotto un laboratorio d’arte per senza dimora presso un centro diurno di Roma.
Elisabetta Curzel is a scientific journalist. She takes care of the scientific and cultural sections of newspapers and magazines (including Il Corriere della Sera, IlSole24Ore, Wired, L’Osservatore Romano). Since 2010 she collaborates as a news correspondent and author for Rai. In 2015 she was selected for a worldwide journalists team to participate in the World Science Forum in Budapest, sponsored by UNESCO. In 2016 she gained Nature da seguire scholarship, ESOF (EuroScience Open Forum) in Manchester, where she was an invited speaker.
Marina Marinelli was born in 1974 in Perugia, where she’s living and working. She draws and “lives” animals ever since she can remember. After studying Arts, she graduated in 2002 at ISIA, in Urbino. She immediately started collaborating with fashion and design publishers, as a creative illustrator and graphic designer. Since 2004 she started publishing children's books for Italian and foreign publishers.
While growing up, Ana was lucky enough to live right next to the beach. That’s where she used to spend most of her time — not only diving in the sea, but also exploring tide pools, taking walks and seeking fossils.