Second Edition Jury

Born in Rome, 52 years old, after various professional experiences in the publishing sector, he has held the position of director of Focus Junior since 2007. He designed and directed Focus Geronimo Stilton, Focus Pico, and Focus Wild.Currently, he serves as director of the children’s division at Gruner + Jahr/Mondadori, which—in addition to the aforementioned magazines—includes the Focus Junior website (www.focusjunior.it) and all special editions of the monthly publications.

She is a professor of “History and Documentation of Fashion,” “Fashion Communication and Publishing,” and “Women’s History and Gender Identity” at the University of Milan. She has collaborated on the curation of historical exhibitions in partnership with the Region of Lombardy, the Province of Milan, and the Municipality of Milan.
She serves as president of the association Memoria & Progetto, acts as regional coordinator for Lombardy on the national project “Gli Archivi della moda del Novecento,” and is a coordinator for the “BookCity Milano” festival. Additionally,she is a member of the editorial board for the journal Pretext. Libri e Periodici. Del loro passato, del loro futuro.

She has collaborated as children’s book director with major Italian publishers, including Salani, Piemme, De Agostini, and Mondadori. She currently serves as a consultant for Giunti Editore. She has published bestsellers such as Harry Potter and, in 2013, Wonder. Prior to working in publishing, she organized art exhibitions in Milan (at Palazzo Reale: Gli Anni Trenta and Camere Incantate; at the Castello Sforzesco: Leonardo da Vinci: i disegni della collezione Windsor), as well as in Los Angeles and France. She holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of Milan and has lived in the United Kingdom, Australia,the United States, and France.

Born in Milan, 50 years old, and a bibliophile, he has organized exhibitions, cultural events, and initiatives to promote reading. He is the publisher of sedizioni (www.sedizioni.it) and teaches literature at the Liceo Classico Manzoni in Milan.

Biagio Bagini (b. 1963) is a radio writer (Giada, Cicci Skicci, Lucilla.G – Radio2Rai) who has long written for children.He is the creator of the character IPPA, featured in several volumes published by Giunti, as well as the Molli e Babauseries published by Il Castoro, and Koki soldato sbadato, published by Orecchio Acerbo.
In collaboration with illustrator Marcella Moia, he has produced numerous other works for the aforementioned publishers,as well as for Panini, Destino, Emme Edizioni, Edizioni EL, Campanotto, and Lampi di stampa. In 1995, he won the Apeles Mestres Prize in Barcelona for Berta la modista, published in Spain by Destino. His recent publications include Lo vuoi il mio ciuccio? (Panini), Prendere una lepre (2014), Ciccio B (2013), and Cappuccetto chi? (Lavieri, 2011).