Giovanna Zoboli is a writer and publisher. In 2004, together with Paolo Canton, she founded the children’s and young-adult publishing company Topipittori, where she is currently an editor and art director. Her books, which count more than thirty, have been published in Italy and abroad. She lives and works in Milan.

Mariachiara Di Giorgio is an illustrator, storyboard artist, and concept designer. She created the illustrations for the celebrated wordless picture book The Midnight Fair by Gideon Sterer, which garnered six starred reviews, as well as the wordless Professional Crocodile by Giovanna Zoboli. Mariachiara Di Giorgio’s work has been exhibited at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair and with the New York Society of Illustrators. She lives in Rome.