Eva Montanari was born in Rimini, Italy, in 1977.

Graduating from the State Institute of Art and the European Institute of Design in Milan, she started out as a children's books author- illustrator while she was still a student.
From that time, she wrote and illustrated children's books in Italy, United States, Japan, Taiwan, France, UK and Germany.
Her books have been translated also in Spain, Portugal, Korea, Croatia, Finland, Turkey, Argentina and Thailand. She illustrates calendars, book covers, posters and contributions for magazines and agencies. Her artwork have been shown in many exhibitions in Italy, USA, Croatia,Taiwan, Japan, Iran and Brazil.

She won awards like: “Alpi Apuane Best Picture Book, “Cento Illustration Prize” ,“Luandama Fast Prize”, “Torino International Book Fair Prize”.
Her work was several times selected for the Original Art Show of the Society of Illustrators in New York.
In 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 she was selected for the International Exhibition of Bologna Children's Book Fair.

She's one of the teachers of the Editorial Illustration Master of Macerata Accademy of Fine Arts (Libriamoci) and of Sarmede International School, Italy.
She holded illustration's workshops in Lebanon (Lebanese American University)organized by SCBWI (Society of Children's Books Writer and Illustrators) and in Brazil, by Belo Horizonte International Book Fair.

Since a while she's been realizing polymateric sculptures which are finally going to tell their stories in a coming soon book.