About Beatrice Alemagna

Born in Bologna, Italy in 1973, Beatrice Alemagna studied at the Graphic School in Urbino (ISIA), and in 1997 moved to Paris, where she currently lives. She worked as a poster artist for Centre Pompidou for over 10 years.

Her book On a Magical Do-Nothing Day was among the ten best illustrated children's books of 2017, according to the New York Times and New York Public Library.This book was also awarded the Golden Medal for Original Art by the Society of Illustrators, New York. Beatrice Alemagna is the recipient of the 2010 Andersen Prize for Illustrator of the year,[6] and was nominated to the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award four times (in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017). She is the winner of Le Prix des Sorcières 2020 for her book Les choses qui s’en vont (Things That Go Away). In 2021, Alemagna received a Special Jury Award at the Premio Letteratura Ragazzi di Cento for her book A sbagliare le storie.

Alemagna has published more than 30 books for children, which have been translated into Swedish, English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, German, Greek, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, Lithuanian.

Her first book published in the USA was The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy (2015) by HarperCollins, followed by On a Magical Do-Nothing Day (2017), Harold Snipperpot's Best Disaster Ever (2019), Things That Go Away (2020), and Never, Not Ever! (2021).