Ilaria Tuti lives in Gemona del Friuli (Udine). She is the author of the best-selling saga with Teresa Battaglia as its protagonist, which was translated in more than 30 countries and adapted into a TV show by Publispei. In 2020, she published Fiore di roccia for Longanesi (winner of the Premio Letterario Nazionale per la Donna Scrittrice Rapallo Carige, Premio della Montagna Cortina d'Ampezzo Mountain and Premio Speciale Dolomiti Unesco). She also published for Longanesi Luce della notte (2021), Come vento cucito alla terra (2022) and Madre d'ossa (2023). Her most recent novel is Risplendo non brucio (Longanesi, 2024).