Francesca Cavallo | |
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Nationality | Italian |
Alma mater | BA in Liberal Studies in Communication (cum laude) University of Milan, MFA in Stage directing from Academy of Dramatic Art ‘Paolo Grassi’ |
Occupation(s) | Writer, entrepreneur, activist |
Notable work | Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, Elfi al quinto piano |
Awards | PW Star Watch 2018 |
Website | https://www.francescatherebel.com |
Francesca Cavallo is an Italian bestselling author, entrepreneur and activist. She is best known as the co-creator of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series, which has broken records on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter for publishing. [1]
Cavallo's career began in theater, where she managed a theater company, and in 2011 she turned to the development of Timbuktu Labs with Elena Favilli, which published a children's magazine for iPads, also called Timbuktu. [2] [3]
The iPad magazine Timbuktu (produced by Timbuktu Labs) was the first iPad magazine for children [4] and it presented the news to children as a form of entertainment. The magazine utilized colorful pictures, easy-to-read language, and sound to appeal to children, and top-down scrolling vs. the traditional page flipping style of a magazine. [5]
The first volume of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls was published in 2016, [6] and has since been translated into 47 languages. [7]
Francesca Cavallo | |
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Nationality | Italian |
Alma mater | BA in Liberal Studies in Communication (cum laude) University of Milan, MFA in Stage directing from Academy of Dramatic Art ‘Paolo Grassi’ |
Occupation(s) | Writer, entrepreneur, activist |
Notable work | Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, Elfi al quinto piano |
Awards | PW Star Watch 2018 |
Website | https://www.francescatherebel.com |
Francesca Cavallo is an Italian bestselling author, entrepreneur and activist. She is best known as the co-creator of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series, which has broken records on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter for publishing. [1]
Cavallo's career began in theater, where she managed a theater company, and in 2011 she turned to the development of Timbuktu Labs with Elena Favilli, which published a children's magazine for iPads, also called Timbuktu. [2] [3]
The iPad magazine Timbuktu (produced by Timbuktu Labs) was the first iPad magazine for children [4] and it presented the news to children as a form of entertainment. The magazine utilized colorful pictures, easy-to-read language, and sound to appeal to children, and top-down scrolling vs. the traditional page flipping style of a magazine. [5]
The first volume of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls was published in 2016, [6] and has since been translated into 47 languages. [7]