Bernardo Marçolla

Bernardo Marçolla is a Brazilian author and illustrator known for creating children’s books that introduce complex, metaphysical ideas in an accessible way. He wrote and illustrated Me and You and the Universe, which takes readers on a journey from microscopic cells to the vast universe to explore our connection with nature, other people, and ourselves. He is also the author of All You Can Imagine, a picture book about the power of imagination.

Marçolla holds a doctorate and post‑doctorate in literature and a master’s degree in psychology, and has more than ten years of experience as a professor of psychology. Since 2012, he has worked as an analyst in the Human Resources area of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, and in 2017 he published the book Psychology and Ecology: Nature, Subjectivity and Its Intersections (in Portuguese), whose ideas inspired his children’s books. He lives in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, with his wife and three cats.