Autor/-in: Andrea Antinori

Andrea Antinori is an award-winning illustrator based in Bologna, Italy. Since he was a child, he has loved animals and he has loved to draw them. His favorite animal changes all the time. He likes octopuses very much, but right now, lemurs are the creatures he loves most. He wrote and illustrated the book On the Lives of Lemurs: A Short Treatise on Natural History. Other books he has illustrated include A Book about Whales and The Great Battle, the latter of which has received major international awards including:

Best International Illustrated Book - China Shanghai International Children's Book Fair, Premio Andersen - Best book 6-9 years olds, Selected illustrator for exhibition of Bologna Children's Book Fair 2017, Italian illustrator in IBBY Honor List 2016