Amalia Hoffman Author & Illustrator

Amalia Hoffman is an author, illustrator, and storyteller. Her board book Dreidel Day was selected as a PJ Library book and received the PJ Library Author Incentive Award. Two board books, Astro Pea and All Colors, followed in 2019. Here other books include The Klezmer Bunch and Purim Goodies. Amalia designed and illustrated Rose Bud, an oversized book with pop-up elements, for Israel’s children’s theater, The Train. Her article “Queen Esther and I” was published in Highlights Magazine for Children in March 2016.             Amalia grew up in Jerusalem, Israel, and now resides in Westchester, New York. She frequently presents her books in schools, libraries, bookstores, and community centers.   Chiara Fedele attended art school in Milan, Italy, completing a degree in illustration at La Scuola del Fumetto. A freelance illustrator since 2004, she has created art for several children’s books and has provided illustrations for use in movies, advertising, and magazines. She also teaches at the International Schools of Comics in the Italian cities of Padova, Brescia, and Genova. Born in Milan, she now lives with her family in a small village about 50 kilometers from that city.