Nicoletta Verna is from Romagna but lives in Florence, where she is a fiction editor at the publisher Giunti. She has taught communication theory and technique at various Italian universities and institutes. Her debut novel, Il valore affettivo, which received a special mention by the Italo Calvino award jury, the Opera Prima Severino Cesari prize and the Massarosa prize, has reaped great success with critics and readers. I Giorni di Vetro won the prestigious Premio Manzoni for best historical novel.
