In 1995 and 1999, she released two collection of stories for children, La gallina blu e altri racconti (Mursia, ISBN88-425-1927-8) and Zaffiretto il vampiretto e altri racconti (Mursia, ISBN88-425-2496-4).[3]
In 2003, Brochard was diagnosed with leukemia, a disease from which she was able to recover.[4]