Nicoletta Ceccoli (Republic of San Marino) is an award-winning artist who has illustrated numerous books for US, UK, Italian, Swiss, and Taiwanese publishers. Some of her clients include Random House, Simon and Shuster, Houghton Mifflin, Macy’s, Diesel, Henry Holt, United Airlines, and Vogue. In 2008, she worked as the character designer for a 3D French animation project called La Mécanique du cœur.

Her work has been shown in prestigious collections throughout the world, including the AFA Gallery in New York City, USA, the Strychnin Gallery in Berlin, Germany, and the Dorothy Circus Gallery in Roma, Italy.

Her awards include Italy’s Anderson Prize for Best Illustrator of 2001, a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators of New York in 2006, and multiple year wins for Bologna’s Childrens Book Fair Award and the Award of Excellence from Communication Arts.