Riccardo Bozzi is a journalist and has worked for the Italian newspaper
Corriere della Sera since 1990. He is the author of
The World Belongs to You, illustrated by Olimpia Zagnoli (Templar/Candlewick, 2013) and
Cher auteur, illustrated by Giancarlo Ascari and Pia Valentinis (Hélium, 2016).
Violeta Lopiz is a Berlin-based Spanish illustrator. She has illustrated numerous books including
The Forest (Enchanted Lion Books, 2018),
Amigos do Peito (Bruaa, 2014), and
Les poings sur les iles (Editions du Rouergue, 2011), which received the CJ Picture Book Award 2011 in the New Books category. She has participated in exhibitions in Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Israel, Turkey, USA, Japan, Korea, and more. El Cultural, the supplement of El Mundo, considers her one of the top ten names of contemporary Spanish illustration. Her work can be found in bookstores, streets, fairs, newspapers, and the thousands of notebooks that she leaves scattered around.
Valerio Vidali is an Italian illustrator of children's books. His book
Jemmy Button (Templar/Candlewick, 2013), co-authored with Jennifer Uman, was selected by the New York Times as one of the 10 Best Illustrated Books of 2013.