Daniela Berti is an Italian author and illustrator living in Bologna. Originally from a small town in the Treviso area, she studied visual arts and theatre at Iuav in Venice and illustration at Isia in Urbino and ESA Saint Luc in Brussels. In 2018 she obtained a special mention at the Concurso Internacional de àlbum ilustrado de Gran Canaria with the project "Dove è Pongomario?" and that same year she won the Rodari Prize at the Mille9Cento20 Video Fiabe Festival and the Faber Prize in Turin, with the video animation "Macula". She has taken part in group art and illustration exhibitions such as "Mutatis" in Palermo, "Mediterranea 17" at the Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan and "Le immagini della Fantasia 33" in Sarmede.