Beatrice Salvioni was born in Monza in 1995 and now lives in Turin, Italy. A recent graduate of the Scuola Holden, she won the 2021 Calvino Prize for short stories. The Cursed Friend is her first novel.
Elena Pala eventually found her calling in literary translation after completing a PhD in linguistics at Cambridge University and a stint at a busy creative agency in London. Recent translations include The Hummingbird by Sandro Veronesi and Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop by Alba Donati.