| Nationality: | Italian |
| Alma Mater: | BA in Liberal Studies in Communication (cum laude) University of Milan,MFA in Stage directing from Academy of Dramatic Art ‘Paolo Grassi’ |
| Occupation: | Writer, entrepreneur, activist |
| Notable Works: | Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, Elfi al quinto piano |
| Awards: | PW Star Watch 2018 |
| Website: | https://www.francescatherebel.com |
Francesca Cavallo is an Italian bestselling author, entrepreneur and activist. She is best known as the co-creator of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series, which has broken records on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter for publishing.[1]
Cavallo's career began in theater, where she managed a theater company, and in 2011 she turned to the development of Timbuktu Labs with Elena Favilli, which published a children's magazine for iPads, also called Timbuktu.[2] [3]
The iPad magazine Timbuktu (produced by Timbuktu Labs) was the first iPad magazine for children [4] and it presented the news to children as a form of entertainment. The magazine utilized colorful pictures, easy-to-read language, and sound to appeal to children, and top-down scrolling vs. the traditional page flipping style of a magazine.[5]
The first volume of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls was published in 2016,[6] and has since been translated into 47 languages.[7]