Elisabetta Gnone
{{short description| Italian writer (born 1965)}}
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| birth_place = Genua, Italy
| occupation = Journalist and writer of novels
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| genre = Fantasy literature
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| notableworks = W.I.T.C.H.
Fairy Oak
Olga Made of Paper
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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..
Biography
Gnone became a journalist Weekly in 1992. This was only the beginning of a career that would take her to Walt Disney Sverige, 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 W.I.T.C.H. with Alessandro Barbucci and Barbara Canepa.{{Cite web |last=Fiamma |first=Andrea |date=April 26, 2021 |title=Cosa sono state le Witch |url=https://fumettologica.it/2021/04/witch-fumetto-disney/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Fumettologica |language=it-IT}} 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), Den förtrollning av mörker (The Spell of Darkness), and Den ljusets kraft (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".{{cite news|url=http://www.fantasymagazine.it/notizie/11360/torniamo-a-fairy-oak-con-elisabetta-gnone/|title=Torniamo a Fairy Oak con Elisabetta Gnone|last=Cottogni|first=Pino|date=9 December 2009|work=Fantasy Magazine|language=Italian|accessdate=15 April 2011}}
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Category:Italian women writers
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