Author and illustrator Ellen Locatelli

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Ellen Locatelli lives and works in Brugherio, near Milan, Italy. She holds a bachelor degree in accounting and nurtured her love for the arts by attending a well known painting school in Milan, for eight years.



Ellen has always had a great interest in children's literature, and after the birth of her two children, Edoardo and Eleonora, she decided to pursue a career in children's book illustration. Her first illustrated book "Filastrocche Italiane - Italian Nursery Rhymes" was published by Long Bridge Publishing in 2009.


Ellen Locatelli vive e lavora a Brugherio vicino a Milano in Italia


Diplomata in ragioneria, coltiva però la sua vena artistica frequentando per otto anni una rinomata scuola di pittura milanese.
Da sempre appassionata di letterature per l’infanzia, decide dopo la nascita dei due figli Edoardo e Eleonora di cimentarsi come illustratrice, cominciando la sua collaborazione con la Long Bridge Publishing, che pubblica nel 2009 il suo primo libro “ Filastrocche Italiane”.


Sample from Portfolio.