Born in Bologna, Italy in 1973,[1] Beatrice Alemagna studied at the Graphic School in Urbino (ISIA), and in 1997 moved to Paris,[2] where she currently lives.
[5] Beatrice Alemagna is the recipient of the 2010 Andersen Prize for Illustrator of the year,[6] and was nominated to the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award four times (in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017).
[9] In 2021, Alemagna received a Special Jury Award at the Premio Letteratura Ragazzi di Cento for her book A sbagliare le storie.
[10] Alemagna has published more than 30 books for children, which have been translated into Swedish, English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, German, Greek, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, Lithuanian.
[11] Her first book published in the USA was The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy (2015) by HarperCollins, followed by On a Magical Do-Nothing Day (2017), Harold Snipperpot's Best Disaster Ever (2019),[12] Things That Go Away (2020), and Never, Not Ever!