Elena Favili

Francesca Cavallo is a writer and director. Together with co-author Elena Favilli, they are New York Times best-selling authors whose work has been translated into more than fifty languages. They built the first iPad magazine for children in the world, Timbuktu Magazine.

New York Times bestselling author of "Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls" and co-creator of the Rebel Movement behind it, Elena Favilli joins BUILD. Her mission is making sure young girls grow up surrounded by strong female role models. "Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls" reinvents fairy tales, inspiring girls with the stories of 100 heroic women from Elizabeth I to Serena Williams. The sequel, "Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls 2," is an entirely new collection of one hundred bedtime stories that celebrate extraordinary women, from Nefertiti to Beyoncé, Rosalind Franklin to J.K. Rowling. Queens and activists, ballerinas and lawyers, pirates and computer scientists, astronauts and inventors—the collection is a stunning juxtaposition that leaves a thrilling sense of possibility.