Chiara Fedele was born in Milan, where she attend­ed the Brera Acad­e­my. Her illus­tra­tions have appeared in many pic­ture books, includ­ing Yaf­fa and Fati­ma: Shalom, Salaam and The Rab­bi and the Rev­erend: Joachim Prinz, Mar­tin Luther King Jr., and Their Fight Against Silence. Chiara also teach­es draw­ing and paint­ing tech­niques. She lives in Pavia, Italy.