Rossana Campo was born in Genoa in 1963. She lives between Rome and Paris. She made her debut with the novel In principio erano le mutande (Feltrinelli, 1992, later Bompiani), a bestselling novel translated in many countries and turned into a successful film. She has written many other novels, children’s books, and one work of non-fiction. Her book Dove troverete un padre come il mio (2015, Ponte alle Grazie) was translated in Spain, France and Brazil. It was nominated for the LXX Premio Strega by Umberto Eco, Antonio Riccardi and Valeria Parrella, and won the Premio Strega Giovani and Premio Elsa Morante for narrative in 2016. Her last book is Conversazioni amorose (2022, Bompiani).