Donatella Bindi Mondaini, Florentinem graduated in Letters with a thesis on Medieval History, she is an established children's writer, her books are traduced in several different languages and have won much awards. She also dedicated herself to the study of ladine history and culture, an interest born with her vivid passion about mountains. Along with the works of fiction and research, the author has published two collections of poetry and two humoristic books, one of which she illustrated herself. Publications: Un filo nel tempo (1977), Il prato arancione (1990), Gente di Val Badia (1991), L’albero buio (1992), Se d’amore (1992), Olinto story (1993), L’isola dei mulini (1993), I costumi della Val Gardena (1995), Gente di Val Gardena (1996), Un coniglio nel cappello (1996), Il tempo della pietra (1997), Il segreto del lago (1998), Il brigante e margherita (2001).