1931年生于意大利米兰，从博拉艺术学院毕业之后从事插画工作。她对学龄前儿童的语言及沟通方式特别感兴趣，这主要是因为在养育两个孩子的过程中，发现市面上的童书多半要成人的协助及诠释才能让孩子了解。这激发了她的创作灵感，她决定为孩子创作出能够轻易看懂的书。艾拉的每一个画面都要经过深思，并且要和实物反复比对，最后呈现出清晰的图像。这样的图像更能帮助孩子了解大自然复杂的演变过程。 艾拉曾得过许多国际性的奖项，包括两次意大利波洛尼亚国际儿童图画书美术设计推荐奖。主要作品有《鸡和蛋》、《这是谁?的尾巴？》、《红气球》、《苹果与蝴蝶》、《树之歌》等。她的作品在欧洲及美洲广获好评。

Turtle is in a big hurry. And that’s hard for turtles to do. But he’s off to see something red and he can’t be late. But is it red like Rabbit’s roses? Or Goat’s socks? Or Fox’s roof? All the neighbors want to know, so off they go in a long parade to follow Turtle. But when he finally stops, there’s nothing red in sight. Until all at once they see red, red, red. Yet another tr...(展开全部)

菲利帕·格里高利是一位全职作者及电台、电视台主持人，拥有爱丁堡大学十八世纪文学研究博士学位，尤其偏爱创作以都铎王朝及16世纪英国为背景的小说，被称作“历史小说女王”。作品《另一个波琳家的女孩》发行全球26个国家，仅在英国就发行量破百万。后被好莱坞搬上银幕。《玫瑰战争》系列也将由BBC改编为电视剧，预计在2013年8月上映。菲利帕·格里高利的历史小说系列仍在不断更新中，每有新作面世便长期占据美英各大畅销书榜单前位，受到读者广泛好评。

After a brutal battle with the underworld that nearly destroyed him, Locke and his trusted sidekick, Jean, fled the island city of their birth and landed on the exotic shores of Tal Verrar to nurse their wounds. But even at this westernmost edge of civilization, they can't rest for long — and are soon back to what they do best: stealing from the undeserving rich and pocketing th...(展开全部)

In his highly acclaimed debut, The Lies of Locke Lamora , Scott Lynch took us on an adrenaline-fueled adventure with a band of daring thieves led by con artist extraordinaire Locke Lamora. Now Lynch brings back his outrageous hero for a caper so death-defying, nothing short of a miracle will pull it off. After a brutal battle with the underworld that nearly destroyed him,...(展开全部)

After a brutal battle with the underworld that nearly destroyed him, Locke and his trusted sidekick, Jean, fled the island city of their birth and landed on the exotic shores of Tal Verrar to nurse their wounds. But even at this westernmost edge of civilization, they can't rest for long — and are soon back to what they do best: stealing from the undeserving rich and pocketing th...(展开全部)

In his highly acclaimed debut, The Lies of Locke Lamora , Scott Lynch took us on an adrenaline-fueled adventure with a band of daring thieves led by con artist extraordinaire Locke Lamora. Now Lynch brings back his outrageous hero for a caper so death-defying, nothing short of a miracle will pull it off. After a brutal battle with the underworld that nearly destroyed him,...(展开全部)

菲利帕·格里高利是一位全职作者及电台、电视台主持人，拥有爱丁堡大学十八世纪文学研究博士学位，尤其偏爱创作以都铎王朝及16世纪英国为背景的小说，被称作“历史小说女王”。作品《另一个波琳家的女孩》发行全球26个国家，仅在英国就发行量破百万。后被好莱坞搬上银幕。《玫瑰战争》系列也将由BBC改编为电视剧，预计在2013年8月上映。菲利帕·格里高利的历史小说系列仍在不断更新中，每有新作面世便长期占据美英各大畅销书榜单前位，受到读者广泛好评。