Rita Charbonnier (E)

Rita Charbonnier specially wrote a short story in a matchbox for MatchBoox. Especially recommended as a comforting message to lovers and former lovers. Ups and downs of a tumultuous love affair. 'Three unforgetable days', English text (translation by Laura Watkinson) with supporting illustrations by Marion Bloem.

Rita Charbonnier (1966) is born and lives in Rome, Italy. Before dedicating herself to writing she was a musical theater actress. Charbonnier went to drama school in Sicily and also followed some courses in New York, where she took part in a musical at NYU. "Mozart's Sister" is her first novel. It was published first in Italian and then translated into English, French, German, Spanish, and Dutch.

Marion Bloem (1952) is a Dutch writer, artist and filmmaker. Charbonnier and Bloem are not only colleagues but also good friends. They both wanted to do a project together, and this resulted in making a MatchBoox. The part of Marion Bloem, who regularly exhibits and usually makes her own bookcovers, are the illustrations.