Francesca Cavallo

FRANCESCA CAVALLO is a twice New York Times bestselling author, a serial entrepreneur, and an activist. She's the co-creator of the "Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls" book series and the co-founder of Rebel Girls. In 2018, she won the Publisher's Weekly StarWatch Award. In 2019, she parted ways with Rebel Girls and started Undercats, Inc. with the mission to radically increase diversity in children's media and inspire families to take action for equality. In 2020, her short story "Doctor Li and the Crown-wearing Virus" went viral and was translated into 38 languages, becoming the most shared children's story about the pandemic. Cavallo's books have sold more than 5 million copies and have been translated into 50+ languages. She is a European Young Leader and lives in Rome with her partner, the actor Antonietta Bello, and their cat, Dopamina