Federica De Paolis was born in Rome in 1971. She writes dialogues for cinema. She has taught screenwriting and creative writing at the IED, and in 2018 she wrote the programme “Grande amore”, which was hosted by Carla Signoris on Rai 3. She also writes for “La Stampa”. Her novels have been published by Fazi, Bompiani, Mondadori, DeA Planeta, HarperCollins Italy and Feltrinelli. Le imperfette won the Premio DeA Planeta 2020. In 2022 she published Le distrazioni for HarperCollins Italy, winner of the Premio Selezione Bancarella 2023. Her latest book is Da parte di madre (Feltrinelli, 2024). Her works have been translated into many languages.