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Barbara Cuoghi è nata nel 1971 a Modena. Laureata in Biologia e Dottore di ricerca in Biologia Animale, si è occupata per anni di neurobiologia dei teleostei e degli invertebrati sia presso l’Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia che presso l’Università degli Studi di Bologna. Ha svolto attività di ricerca in collaborazione con laboratori universitari nazionali e internazionali e ha al suo attivo contributi scientifici su riviste nazionali e internazionali, oltre a un libro di testo di endocrinologia comparata.

Lilith Moscon è nata a Firenze nel 1984, dove vive e lavora come autrice e terapeuta. Dopo la laurea in filosofia, si è formata in Linguaggio Sensoriale e Poetica del Gioco presso il Teatro de los Sentidos di Barcellona, in psicodramma presso lo Psychodramaforum di Berlino e in terapia della Gestalt presso l’istituto Gestalt Barcelona. Collabora con le riviste online «Doppiozero» e «La città dei lettori». È autrice di saggi, racconti e albi illustrati. I suoi libri sono stati pubblicati in Italia e all’estero. 

Artur Scriabin (Barcelona, 1972) attended 'Conservatori del Liceu de Barcelona' and studied piano with the pianist and composer Pere Vallribera. He lived in New York for several years. He studied Yiddish literature with professor Golda Van der Meer. He composed music for feature films and has written short stories and picture books that have been published in Spain and in France. He has worked at British and French international schools teaching piano and American literature. He currently lives in Barcelona. Music and writing are the greatest freedom he has ever known.

Paolo Ventura is one of the most original Italian photographers. His works have been exhibited in galleries and museums all over the world, and in the last few years he has mostly focused on painting. Among is books,:War Souvenir (2006), Winter Stories (2009), L’Automa ( 2011), Short Stories (2016), Quarantine Diary (2020) and Paolo Ventura. Photographs and Drawings (2020).

Andrew Knapp is a graphic designer and photographer currently living in Vancouver who has traveled to over 30 countries with Momo the border collie. Along with his commercial photography and design work, he has filmed a TEDx Talk, and worked on projects with brands like Target, Canon, Starbucks and Volvo. He’s amassed a social media following of over a million followers. Andrew continues to live a life devoted to his dogs and the people around them.

Massimiliano Tappari was born in 1967. He imagines the world like a big book to flip through, with plenty of characters and plots hidden in everyday objects and landscapes. He published Oooh! Inventario di fotografia and Coffee Break (Corraini). Among his most recent books, created with Chiara Carminati, are A fior di pelle (Nati per leggere Award 2019), Ninna No and Occhio ladro (Italian Andersen Award 2021 for Best Artist Book), Lapis editions. 

Jeugov (Jacopo Riva 1981), a failed lumberjack, was cast away in the field of fashion. Saved by a mermaid, he marries her. They live together in Milan, he misses the woods, she misses the sea, but they have six wonderful children who keep them busy. Now he invents and draws stories for them.

José Maria Vieira Mendes was born in 1974 in Lisbon, where he currently lives. In the past, he also lived in Porto, Vila Meã, Praia das Maçãs, Saarbrücken, Berlin, Saint Nazaire, Budapest and Altura. He mainly writes theatre plays. He’s part of the theatre company Teatro Praga since 2008 and he’s also an art director at the arts space Rua das Gaivotas 6, in Lisbon. His plays have been translated in over ten languages. Furthermore, José Maria also works in literary translations, he has written two opera librettos, two children’s books and occasionally works with visual artists.

Raffaella Pajalich lives and works in Rome as endocrinologist and psychotherapist, and she has a long-dating passion for literature. She has always nourished her interest in both the scientific and humanistic fields, believing this tendency to separation is wrong, since both medicine and literature are focused on the human being considered as a whole.