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Chiara Carrer Illustrator & Author

Jorge Luján, an author, musician and architect born in Argentina and living in Mexico, has published more than 40 books and 8 CDs. With some of the world’s best illustrators he has created an outstanding body of work translated into many languages which includes Trunk to Trunklet, illustrated by Mandana Sadat, also by Enchanted Lion. Jorge has received numerous distinctions and is candidate to the ALMA prize for the 5th time. See more of his work on Facebook at Jorge Luján. Poesía y Música, Youtube Channel, Bandcamp, and www.jorgelujan.net
Chiara Carrer has been creating stories for children for over 20 years. Born in Venice, she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and has studied engraving at the school of Ornamental Arts of San Giacomo. Since 1990 she has published over one hundred books in Europe and won many prizes, including the New York Times Best Illustrated Award in 2012. She teaches both at the ISIA in Urbino and Academy of fine arts in Bologna.
Mara Faye Lethem was born in Brooklyn. She enjoys both vegetables and meat. She has seen shooting stars, but that was a long time ago.