作者介绍
安娜•皮格纳塔罗（Anna Pignataro）为孩子们创作了超过70本童书。她的绘本处女作赢得了Crichton图书插画奖，她也有许多书收到CBCA著名图书推荐荣誉奖，或入围多个名单。安娜的近作《鲸鱼的心声》赢得了国际图书儿童绘本大奖。
安娜的图书登上过Play School等儿童电视节目。她的书在世界各地广泛出版，包括英国、美国、加拿大、法国、荷兰、罗马尼亚、中国大陆和台湾、马来西亚、土耳其、葡萄牙、阿根廷，并被翻译成13种语言。她也是少年文学系列《蝴蝶女孩》的作者，她也为许多文具品牌和健康图书设计贺卡。
安娜不写作的时候也是一位热心的占星解梦师、陶艺师和投入的观影人。
作者所获荣誉与奖项：
2021 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Shortlist
2020 Winner International Book Awards Children’s Picture Book
2020 Amazon Best Book Pic January
2019 The Kirkus Star
2018 CBCA Awards Longlist Picture Book Notable
2018 CBCA Awards Longlist Early Childhood Notable
2017 Australian Family Therapist Award for Children’s Literature Shortlist
2017 CBCA Awards Longlist Early Childhood Notable
2017 New Work Grant Australia Council For The Arts
2016 The Australian Family Therapists Award For Children’s Literature Shortlist
2016 WA Premiers Book Awards Shortlist
2016 Australian Book Industry Awards Longlist
2016 CBCA Awards Early Childhood Notable
2015 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Shortlist
2014 CBCA Awards Early Childhood Notable
2014 Endorsement by The Blake Society
2013 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Shortlist
2013 SWW Biennial Book Award
2013 CBCA Awards Picture Book of the Year Notable
2013 CBCA Awards Early Childhood Notable
2009 CBCA Awards Early Childhood Notable
2009 CBCA Awards Early Childhood Notable
2008 CBCA Awards Early Childhood Notable
2007 CBCA Awards Picture Book of the Year Notable
2005 CBCA Awards Early Childhood Notable
2004 CBCA Awards Early Childhood Notable
2003 Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards Shortlist
2003 CBCA Awards Picture Book of the Year Notable
2002 CBCA Picture Book of the Year Notable
2000 CBCA Picture book of the year Notable
2000 YABBA Children’s Choice Shortlist
1999 CBCA Awards Picture Book of the Year Shortlist
1998 Crichton Award for Illustration