Nicoletta Vallorani began her prolific writing career as a science-fiction author. Born in the Marche region, she has a degree in foreign languages and American literature and currently teaches at the Statale University of Milan. She won the Premio Urania in 1992 and published her first crime novel, Dentro la Notte, e Ciao in 1995. She has since published ten more novels, including Occhi di lupo, Come una balena, La fatona, Eva, and Cordelia, as well as several children’s books.