Francesca Cavallo, co-writer with Elena Favilli of the international bestseller “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls” interviewed by Kylie Doust, PhD candidate & Italian tutor at La Trobe University.
When the two young authors founded their children’s media company Timbuktu Labs they were told ‘two girls alone’ could never raise money from Silicon Valley’s investors. Against all odds they launched their Kickstarter campaign for “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls” that became a stratospheric overnight success, breaking the record as the most highly funded original book in crowdfunding history.
What if the princess didn’t marry Prince Charming but instead went on to be an astronaut? What if the jealous step sisters were supportive and kind? And what if the queen was the one really in charge of the kingdom?
Illustrated by sixty female artists from every corner of the globe, “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls” reinvents fairy tales, inspiring children with the stories of 100 hundred remarkable women and their extraordinary lives, from Ada Lovelace to Malala, Elizabeth I to Serena Williams.
Big and inspirational dreams are guaranteed for girls and boys who read this book at bedtime. The stories are a great source of inspiration for anyone, male or female, child or adult.
Francesca Cavallo is a writer, entrepreneur and stage director. “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls” was published by Timbuktu Labs (the media company Francesca co-founded with her partner Elena Favilli) in November 2016. Her work has been translated into 30 languages (including Faroese and Welsh). At Timbuktu Labs, Francesca Cavallo serves as Creative Director. Together with Elena Favilli she created Timbuktu Magazine, the first iPad magazine for kids launched in 2011. She is the founder of Sferracavalli, an International Festival of Sustainable Imagination in Southern Italy. Francesca was born in Taranto (Italy) and lives in Venice, California
Elena Favilli has worked for Colors magazine, McSweeney’s, RAI, Il Post, and La Repubblica, and has managed digital newsrooms globally. She is founder and CEO of Timbuktu Labs, which she created with her partner Francesca Cavallo. Elena was born in Montevarchi (Italy) and she lives in Venice, California. She holds a master’s degree in semiotics from the University of Bologna (Italy) and she studied digital journalism at U.C. Berkeley.
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