Silvana De Mari (born 5 July 1953) is an Italian writer of children's fiction and former medic and psychotherapist. She's also known as the author of L'ultimo Elfo (2004), an award-winning fantasy novel published in English and 18 other languages (UK The Last Elf, US The Last Dragon). The book won the Italian prizes Premio Bancarellino and Premio Andersen. In France, it won the Prix Imaginales in 2005. In Italy, she is better known for her homophobic, racist, anti-scientific, no-vax and sexist positions. Source: Wikipedia (en)