Felicita is a self-taught illustrator and painter. She graduated in Philosophy from the University of Western Australia. She has illustrated many picture books, as well as a huge amount of illustrated food for magazines and newspapers, and has also worked on papercut stop motion animations.

As a child she was a super picky eater, but now loves to eat and cook as many different foods from all around the world. Some of her favourite foods include thai green curry, bitter broccoli from Naples and Nutella.

She loves to travel and can speak four languages, but wishes she could speak Japanese. Felicita lives in Rome with her husband and their daughter Nina, whose favourite food is Green Rice.