L. Felipe Benites

Below is the cover and some illustrations of my first book, “Alie e as criaturas da floresta alienígena” (in Portuguese from Brazil), a children’s sci-fi story about discovery, alien life, and the future of humanity. You can download the e-book version here.

I wrote this book inspired by some of my favorite movies, books and scientific/artistic explorations about alien life, speculative biology and future of Earth, where I approached one of my favorite artists, Chana de Moura, to illustrate with watercolors some passages of this story. Then I open a crowdfunding campaign to fund the self-publication of this book, which was highly successful. In November of 2021 the physical book was released, sent to its funders, and donated to several public and community libraries in Brazil. The current edition can be purchased at “Livraria Paralelo 30” instagram page.

Now I am working in a a new edition with English translation and potentially new illustrations, and also in a second story with new characters in a distant planet, expanding the universe created in the first book.