Maria Ilia Katsaridou is a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of Ionian University, Greece. Her post-doctoral research focuses on interactive narratives and interactive art. She is a visiting professor of Semiotics of Interactive Narrative and Digital Games at the Interdepartmental Master Program in Semiotics, Culture and Communication of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and a member of Media Semiotics Research Group (at AUTh SemioLab). In addition to her book Sylvain Chomet’s Distinctive Animation: From the Triplets of Belleville to the Illusionist (2023, Bloomsbury Academic Publishing) she has published many articles and book chapters.