Gaia Stella is an award-winning illustrator and author who creates picture books, novelty books, and illustrations for newspapers, magazines, and toys. She has authored and illustrated picture books and novelty books for Italian and international publishers, including hélium, La Joie de Lire, De La Martinière Jeunesse, Einaudi. She's done editorial illustrations for clients such as The New York Times, Vogue Bambini, The Boston Globe. Among other things, she enjoys going to the cinema, reading books, and dining with chopsticks. She lives and works in Milan, Italy.