Francesca Chessa
author/illustrator

Graduated in architecture, Francesca Chessa followed illustration courses by Aura Cesari and Stepan Zavrel.
Since 1997, she has received mentions and prizes in various international competitions and has taken part in various exhibitions.

In 1998 she received a mention at the "illustrator exhibition" at the Bologna Book Fair after which her drawings were exhibited in several museums in Japan and Taiwan. In 1999 she was selected at the Illustrator Competition for X anniversary for the "UN Convention about the children's right" in Milan.
Illustrations of "The sheep who wanted to fly" were awarded the second TIBI Prize at the 4th Teheran International Biennale of Illustration in 1999 and exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Illustrations of "Farm friends Clean Up" were exhibited at the 18th exhibition of illustrator for children, "Le Immagini della fantasia" in Sarmede and in many other italian and european cities, in the period time 2000-2001, at the illustrator exhibition “Libriamoci” in Macerata, in year 2002 and 2003, and at the exhibition “Illustrissimi” in Riccione in 2004-2005.

Some works of hers are in Unicef Postcard Collection 2005-2008 and into Sympathetic Keepsake Collection by Amnesty International.

Eunice Mc Mullen is her Agent for UK and USA publishers (www.eunicemcmullen.co.uk).

She has published for:

• Alfred A. Knopf (New York)
• Crown Publisher inc. (New York)
• Gakken (Tokyo)
• Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag (Basel)
• Fabbri-Rizzoli (Milan)
• I colori del mondo (Naples)
• Colors (Genoa)
• Chrysalis Children’s Books (London)
• Giunti (Florence)
• Kyowon (Seoul)
• Goundwood Books (Toronto)
• Gullane Children’s Books (London)
• Loescher (Turin)
• Bloomsbury (London)
• Edizioni EL (Trieste)
• Lirabelle (Aubais, France)