Emanuela Da Ros

Emanuela Da Ros is an Italian writer of children's books. She was born on December 24, 1959 in Vittorio Veneto, Italy, where she lives today.

She graduated in art history with a thesis on ancient Byzantine art at the University of Padua in 1985. Then she became an Italian teacher in a high-school in Vittorio Veneto. She started her writing activity in 2000, and she won the first prize at the International Children's Literature Award of Bologna, as the best unpublished Italian writer.

She is married to Carlo de Bastiani, and has two children, Stefania and Umberto.