Giordano PhilipPhilip Giordano was born in 1980 in Savona, Italy. After studying art in Milan and Turin, he began working as an illustrator for children's books and magazines, cartoons, and toy design. He spent six years in Tokyo, partly because of his Asian origin, but also because he has always loved Japanese culture, particularly Studio Ghibli animations. Giordano's picture books have been translated into several languages. He has won multiple awards, including the International Award for Illustration at the Bologna Book Fair in 2010, the Andersen Prize for the best book for 0-6 year-olds in 2017, and Taiwan's Best Young Readers' Book of the Year in 2021. Read More Read Less