Tone, Satoe

Satoe Tone is a Japanese author and illustrator. She was the 2013 winner of Bologna Children's Book Fair's International Award for Illustration, and has brought a number of picture books to life with her whimsical art and playful text, some of which have been translated into Italian, French, German, English, Korean, Chinese and Spanish. She studied illustration and graphic design in Kyoto, completed her studies in England, and lives in Italy.