Rotraut Susanne Berner, grew up in a rural landscape in the fifties in the south-west of Germany. She studied graphik-design in Munich and started her working life designing book-jackets for adults' books. with the focus on illustration. Since many years she is designing and illustrating books for adults and now mainly for children, writing also her own stories. As she herself says, she was influenced by the german illustrator Walter Trier and Wilhelm Busch.
Melissa Castrillón is a freelance illustrator living in Cambridge, England. Born in 1986, She grew up in a small town outside London to an english mother & Colombian father. Her early years were spent drawing and climbing trees and now she spends most of her time day dreaming about climbing trees & drawing whilst in her pyjamas.
Riccardo Guasco is a painter and illustrator based in Italy. He researches the lightness of form and color of the heat and he does it with a few colors and simple lines. He loves old posters of the 30’s, Picasso, Depero, Feininger, the Russian suprematism, Cubism and heroic cyclists of old times. His illustrations appear on advertising campaigns, magazines, books, hats and bicycles.
Ivan Chermayeff is one of the most prolific and well known graphic designers and illustrators in the USA. He graduated at Yale University and founded the Chermayeff & Geismar studio, with Tom Geismar, designing logos and brand images which have become famous worldwide ever since. He was awarded the Yale Arts Medal, the gold medals of the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Society of Illustrators. He also served for two decades as a trustee of the Museum of Modern Art.
Geena Forrest is graduated in forestry and environmental sciences; she is specialized in writing very serious analysis about greenhouse gas emissions but she has always fostered her passion for insects and plants, that she draws for scientific purpose. Since 2008 she performs picture book readings at Montebelluna library and she’s attended Sarmede School of Illustration and Atelier in Padua. She lives in a hornbeam and chestnut tree forrest, with a bearded scientist and two adorable little wild ones.
Cristina Portolano nasce a Napoli nel 1986. Dopo il liceo artistico, studia a Bologna all'Accademia di Belle Arti. Dopo l'Erasmus a Parigi, all' École nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratif, si appassiona alla grafica d'arte e all'incisione. Oggi, disegna storie a fumetti, è illustratrice, insegna educazione artistica alle scuole medie e tiene laboratori di disegno e arte murale.
Mariachiara Di Giorgio è un’illustratrice romana, ha lavorato per il cinema come storyboard artist e concept designer. Ha realizzato numerosi albi illustrati in Italia e all’estero. Ha vinto numerosi premi internazionali, tra cui il Prix Sorcière, in Francia, il Premio Orbil, in Italia, e, nel 2022, il Premio Andersen come migliore illustratrice italiana e e la Shadowers' Choice Kate Greenaway Medal nel Regno Unito.