My friends and colleagues, whose children have the challenge of speaking their parents' language at home and English at school, helped translate my stories in their native languages.
They encouraged me to keep working and creating more stories. Their kids have been my main critics and I appreciated their thoughts and reactions after a first reading.

Silvia Zonin (Graphic Designer): my younger sister has more than 25 years experience in advertising and publishing. She designs my book covers and teaches me the nuance of color management and printing.

William W. Bjorge(Senior Software Architect) and Julia Bjorge: my husband has encouraged me to publish these stories that I had written years ago for my daughter. He is my editor for all the English versions and a great coach. My daughter has helped me write part of the stories and rephrase sentences for easier reading.

Simonetta Mocci, PhD, MD (Senior Scientist): I like to talk to Simonetta about my projects during the initial phase to get a second opinion. She also has edited the Italian versions of my books. Her daughter has presented my first book at school for a book report and has received lots of praise and a certificate for free ice cream.

Wouter Korver, PhD (Senior Scientist): originally from Holland, he has traslated "Julia and Her Pet Fish" into Dutch. His two daughters are enthusiastic readers and have loved my books very much.

Helena Punnonen (University Student): she lives in Finland and she is Simonetta's step-daughter. She has translated two of my books into Finnish to help her little sister speak her language, besides Italian and English. She is planning to sell the books in Finland.

Chamorro Somoza, PhD (Senior Scientist): native of Northern Spain, she has helped translate two of my books into Castillian. Her dog Violeta presides our working sessions trying to stir some attention, with little whines and squinty eyes that just makes you melt.

Heidi Wandell (my sister-in-law): she was my main inspiration for "Heidi's Curls". She helped me organize readings and sales at her school. Her girls love my books. Her older daughter is a wonderful collaborator and gave the voice to my android game "Lose your socks".