Annalisa Bollini was born in Turin, Italy. After a bachelor's degree in Art History, she studied Illustration at IED (European Institute of Design) and MIAD (Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design) in the USA. While she was working on her children's book, "Qui a vole' le savon?" published by Gallimard Jeunesse, she started using embroidery in her illustrations and never abandoned it. Embroidery is an art form she arrived at after a long search that actually became an inner exploration, a return home, to the memory of when her mother, while knitting, transformed wool yarn into garments to wear. Like one of those encounters between strangers who seem to have known each other forever. Her illustrations have been selected in numerous international illustration contests such as Ilustrarte, Bologna Children's Book Fair, and Nami Concours, and exhibited in Italy and abroad. After earning a Master's degree in Art Therapy and another in Didactics of Art, in addition to her work as an illustrator and textile artist, she also leads workshops on illustration and embroidery in schools and foundations. Her cycle of illustrations titled "Stati d'anima" (Soul Moods) has been included in the book "I remember it as a happy day. Pages of life and wine," written by Roberto Racca and published by Allemandi in 2022.