Elisabetta Gnone

Elisabetta Gnone
Born	(1965-11-13) November 13, 1965 (age 59) Genua, Italy
Occupation	Journalist and writer of novels
Language	Italian
Genre	Fantasy literature
Years active	2001–present
Notable works	W.I.T.C.H. Fairy Oak Olga Made of Paper

Elisabetta Gnone (born 13 November 1965) is an Italian writer. She is best known as the co-creator of the Italian comic series W.I.T.C.H. .

Biography

Gnone became a journalist Weekly in 1992. This was only the beginning of a career that would take her to Walt Disney Company, where she collaborated in the series of monthly publications of Bambi, Minnie & Comp. and the Small Series, and created, in 1997, the publication of Winnie the Pooh. She then published The Secret of the Twins in 2005. The book was developed into a trilogy focused around the magical world of Fairy Oak.

In April 2001, she co-created the Italian comic/magazine W.I.T.C.H. with Alessandro Barbucci and Barbara Canepa. ^[1] The publication was later made into a television series of the same name. Gnone also wrote the children's trilogy Fairy Oak: Il segreto delle gemelle (The Secret of the Twins), D L'incanto del Buio (The Spell of Darkness), and Il potere della Luce (The Power of Light). She expanded the Fairy Oak Universe with four more books, "The Four Mysteries": "Captain Grisam's love", "Shirley's Wizarding Days", "Flox Smiles in Autumn", and "Good-Bye Fairy Oak". ^[2]

References

1. Fiamma, Andrea (April 26, 2021). "Cosa sono state le Witch". Fumettologica (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-10-09.
2. Cottogni, Pino (9 December 2009). "Torniamo a Fairy Oak con Elisabetta Gnone". Fantasy Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 15 April 2011.