About the author

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   Zanna Mela-Florou is a Greek writer, painter and illustrator. She writes books mainly for children and teens. She has been born in Athens, Greece, where she lives with her family.

   The visual arts attracted her from childhood having as teacher a well-known painter and later she finished a school of painting. She was involved in many kinds of expression as sacred pictures, batik, printmaking, pottery etc. Her studies include computer graphics, engineering-construction design, cosmetology, photography...

   Along with her studies and her love for children, she began writing and illustrating children's books and texts in magazines and other publications. Her works have been translated into other languages.

   She worked as a designer-draughtswoman for many years in projects of large companies. She has participated in exhibitions in Greece and abroad. In her interests are the study and application of ecology, the folk art of the people she visited, digital photography, video editing...

   She is a member of literary and ecological organizations.

Her artworks can be found in cultural centers and in private collections.