The Brave Cyclist: The True Story of a Holocaust Hero

About Amalia Hoffman

Amalia Hoffman is an author illustrator and storyteller. Her board book Dreidel Day was selected as a PJ Library book and received the PJ Library Author Incentive Award. Two board books Astro Pea and All Colors followed in 2019. Here other books include The Klezmer Bunch and Purim Goodies. Amalia designed and illustrated Rose Bud an oversized book with pop-up elements for Israels childrens theater The Train. Her article Queen Esther and I was published in Highlights Magazine for Children in March 2016.             Amalia grew up in Jerusalem Israel and now resides in Westchester New York. She frequently presents her books in schools libraries bookstores and community centers.   Chiara Fedele attended art school in Milan Italy completing a degree in illustration at La Scuola del Fumetto. A freelance illustrator since 2004 she has created art for several childrens books and has provided illustrations for use in movies advertising and magazines. She also teaches at the International Schools of Comics in the Italian cities of Padova Brescia and Genova. Born in Milan she now lives with her family in a small village about 50 kilometers from that city.