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Cristina Rodríguez Fischer is the author of several popular cookbooks, including Enciclopedia del chocolate and 500 Zumos y batidos, focusing on chocolate and beverages. She also writes on scientific subjects, such as in Guía breve. 50 teorías científicas.

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was a German Romantic author of fantasy and Gothic horror, a jurist, composer, music critic and artist. His stories form the basis of Jacques Offenbach's opera The Tales of Hoffmann, in which Hoffmann appears (heavily fictionalized) as the hero. He is also the author of the novella The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, on which Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker is based. The ballet Coppélia is based on two other stories that Hoffmann wrote, while Schuma...

Robert Ingpen is an artist known for his distinctive illustrations in books like Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. He also created unique reference works such as Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were and contributed to historical titles like Colonial South Australia. His work explores fantasy, history, and children's literature.