Are you afraid of the dark? Of spiders? Of cats? Do you suffer from vertigo? I used to... Or rather, not anymore!! I've been cured of all my phobias thanks to an extravagant and incredible course in the Black Forest... Who is Geronimo Stilton? That's me! I'm a bit of a scatterbrain, always with my head in the clouds... I run a newspaper, but my true passion is writing. Here in Mouse Island, all my books are bestsellers! But what? You don't know them? They're those funny stories, as sweet as a ball of cheese, as delicious as gorgonzola, and as entertaining as counting the holes in a slice of Gruyère... In short, fantastic stories, Geronimo Stilton's word!