“I created Pilar in 2001. At that time, the book was called ‘Pilar’s Adventures in Greece’ (Peripécias de Pilar na Grécia), with illustrations by Felipe Sussekind. After that, another version was created with illustrations by Renata Richard. Then, the book ‘Pilar’s Trip do Egypt’ (Agito de Pilar no Egito) had illustrations done by José Carlos Lollo. In 2010, I decided to redo the collection and turned Pilar’s travel accounts into diaries. I invited Joana Penna to do the illustrations and the books tuned out beautiful! Now, Pilar has come to life with cartoons made by Mono Estúdios, directed by Bruno Bask and Humberto Avellar.”