Elisabetta Gnone (born 13 November 1965) is an Italian writer. She's best known as the co-creator of the Italian comic series ''

W.I.T.C.H. ''W.I.T.C.H.'' (stylised as ''W.i.t.c.h.'') is an Italian fantasy Disney comics series created by Elisabetta Gnone, Alessandro Barbucci, and Barbara Canepa. The series features a group of five teenage girls who become the guardians of the classi ...

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Biography

Gnone became a journalist Weekly in 1992. This was only the beginning of a career that would take her to Walt Disney Company, where she collaborated in the series of monthly publications of Bambi, Minnie & Comp. and the Small Series, and created, in 1997, the publication of Winnie the Pooh. She then published ''The Secret of the Twins'' in 2005. The book was developed into a trilogy focused around the magical world of Fairy Oak. In April 2001, she co-created the Italian comic/magazine ''

'' with Alessandro Barbucci and Barbara Canepa. The publication was later made into a television series of the same name. Gnone also wrote the children's trilogy ''Fairy Oak: Il segreto delle gemelle'' (The Secret of the Twins), ''D L'incanto del Buio'' (The Spell of Darkness), and ''Il potere della Luce'' (The Power of Light). She expanded the Fairy Oak Universe with four more books, "The Four Mysteries": "Captain Grisam's love", "Shirley's Wizarding Days", "Flox Smiles in Autumn", and "Good-Bye Fairy Oak".

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Italian women writers W.I.T.C.H. 1965 births Living people People from Genoa {{comics-writer-stub