Jacopo Olivieri was born in Verona nel 1966. He spent his childhood in the countryside just outside the city and the Ivory Coast, thanks to the work of his father (who was an architect and set designer). Since he was a boy he has had a passion for reading and drawing and has cultivated interests that are now found in his books: the imagination in general, ancient legends, prehistoric animals, museums, monster stories, venturing into abandoned and mysterious places… After finishing classic high school, and after a brief attempt at natural sciences at the University of Bologna, he dedicated himself to his first career, as a comic author. At the same time, he spent decades involved in the theatre (set design, costumes) at home and abroad and tried his hand as a designer wherever he happened to be (stationery industry, Swatch shops, scholastic publishing, records, toys…). Until he had the adventure of meeting Pierdomenico Baccalario, who suggested that he write children's books: since then he has published with the major Italian publishing houses, as well as a few abroad.