Simona Ceccarelli: smceccarelli.com, books, Instagram @simona.ceccarelli
Bologna Book Fair
Simona Ceccarelli is an Italian children’s book illustrator and writer. She began her working life as a medical research scientist for ten years before pursuing art at San Francisco’s Academy of Art. She studied concept art before settling into her career as a children’s book illustrator with the help of classes from SVSLearn.
In 2016 she received her first paid book job and spent the next three or four years illustrating books here and there. As her popularity grew, Simona felt ready to take the risk of illustrating full-time. She quit her job as a creative director in 2020 and gave herself two years to match her former income with illustration work.
Four years later, she is a remarkably successful illustrator with books published across continents. Simona has worked with Sterling Children’s Books, Penguin Random House, Scholastic, and many more, and is a household name in the German market. She is known for her highly complicated illustrations and loves drawing animals and busy, multi-character scenes.
Simona lives in Switzerland with her husband and two children. Keep an eye out for her next book, which she both wrote and illustrated!
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