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Elisabetta Dami
b. 1958·Italian
Elisabetta Dami is an Italian children's book author born on January 1, 1958, best known as the creator of the beloved Geronimo Stilton character and his fictional world. She developed an expansive universe of illustrated chapter-book series including Thea Stilton and The Kingdom of Fantasy, which have been translated into dozens of languages and read by millions of children worldwide. Writing often under the pen name Geronimo Stilton, she has become one of the most widely recognized figures in contemporary children's literature.
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