Manuela Santini born in Jesi (AN) in 1975. After high school artistic trasferiscea Bologna in 2000 where he graduated in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, with a view to the illustration on the children. He followed a course in illustration with a Sarmede Stefan Zavrel (TV) and a training course as a web designer, took institutes Aldini Valeriani of Bologna. He has taught drawing and anatomy at the "Nouvelle Heloise" in Bologna. Has always worked in illustration for children, winning prizes and riconoscimenti.Collabora as an illustrator for several publishers, including: Edizioni EL, Grimm Press, Mondadori Ragazzi, Giunti, Mondadori Educational, Edmund Le Monnier, Edizioni Esperia, Raphael Editrice.Vive and works in Ferrara.