Roxana Chitanu

Roxana Chitanu is a Romanian children’s book author-illustrator based in Italy.

Her favorite things during childhood were reading and drawing in her grandparents’ library and observing the world outside — from ants and pebbles to clouds and trees. Although she put drawing on hold for a while, she slowly came back to it in her late 20’s and realized she wanted to tell stories through picture books. She learned the art of picture book creation, visual storytelling and illustration from various online courses and platforms. Roxana is the illustrator of the award-winning picture book “Where’s my Joey?” written by Wendy Winter.

After the birth of her daughter, she became inspired to write as well and “Inside” is her first written and illustrated picture book.

Follow her on Instagram for updates from her writing and drawing desk.