Elisabetta Dami

Elisabetta Maria Dami, born on 1 January 1958, is an Italian children's author known for her book series Geronimo Stilton. She is the daughter of the publisher Piero Dami, who founded Dami Editore in 1972, and at the age of 13 she began working in the family publishing business as a proofreader. At nineteen she wrote her first short stories, and at twenty she earned her aircraft pilot and parachutist licenses. In 1990, after learning she could not have children, she began volunteering at a children's hospital and wrote adventure stories about a mouse called Geronimo Stilton for the sick children she cared for. In 2022 she was awarded the title of Commendatore della Repubblica Italiana for her dedication to educating children.