Silvia Baroncelli joins the MIMebù team: her cover is in fact the one chosen for the Italian edition of Gli Accartocciati, a novel by Greek author Thodoris Koukias translated by Constantina Mavrou.

Silvia Baroncelli attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, then worked as Artist in Residence in London at the British Museum. She has worked as an author and illustrator since 2005, publishing titles with Italian and foreign publishers. Her illustrations have received prizes and awards, in 2016 she was elected ‘Illustrator of the Year’ in the competition organised by ‘La Città del sole’. She teaches at Laba (Libera Accademia di Belle Arti) in Florence, and holds illustration workshops for art schools. She often meets her readers, organising creative workshops for children, where participants can try out techniques and exercises to stimulate their imagination.
She is an ambassador for the Community Donne 4.0, an association aimed at accelerating the achievement of gender equality through Industry 4.0 technologies.

THE BOOK

Nefeli feels she belongs nowhere and to no group, sometimes not even to herself. It is as if the colours in her life are fading, absorbed by one of those colour catchers her mother uses in the washing machine. Asperger’s syndrome has earned Ionas the title of the weirdest teenager in school. He may not be able to tie his shoes or smile, but he has an impressive intelligence. And above all, he never lies. Then there is Adela, beautiful and independent. For her loneliness and discrimination are nothing new, since to her classmates she is just “the Albanian”. Being an outsider brings the three friends closer together, but also makes them an easy target for those who feel threatened by their diversity.

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