Evelyn was born in 1973 in Carpi Modena, Italy. When she was a child, she loved drawing for her friends. She grew up reading Rodari’s books, Richard Scarry’s illustrations and Luzzati’s books.  She has illustrated more than forty children’s books. Her illustrated book “Mi piace il cioccolato” has won the first prize for the all’Eurochocolat award 2001 ZOOlibri in Italy and it was translated in Arabic, Catalan, Dutch, English (Australia, N. America, N. Zealand, Singapore), Galician, German, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish and Turkish. Evelyn’s books have been published in Spain, Italy, Germany, France and Portugal, among other countries. She teaches Creative Illustration at the International School of Comics in Reggio Emilia, Italy. She participated in several exhibitions in Rome, Modena, Capri, Milan, Bologna and Tokyo. Her work is whimsical and magic,it combines collage and drawing, creating a dream-like world. To see more of her beautiful work, visit: http://www.evelyndaviddi.it