Caterina Bonvicini lives between Rome and Milan and holds a degree in Modern Literature from the University of Bologna. Her debut novel L’equilibrio degli squali (2008), was hugely acclaimed and won Premio Rapallo, Premio Fregene, and Premio Frignano in Italy, and Grand Prix de l’Héroïne Madame Figaro in France. It was followed by Il sorriso lento (2012), Correva l’anno del nostro amore (2014), Tutte le donne di (2016), and Fancy Red (2017). Her books have been translated in several countries.
Antony Shugaar is a writer and translator. His recent translations include Kill the Father and Kill the Angel by Sandrone Dazieri, The Catholic School by Edoardo Albinati, Everything Is Broken Up and Dances by Edoardo Nesi and Guido Maria Brera, and Notes on a Shipwreck by Davide Enia.