Veronica Raimo is the author of four novels, the most recent of which, Lost On Me was longlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Premio Strega Prize and won the Strega Off Prize, the Strega Giovani Prize and the Viareggio Rèpaci Prize. She wrote the script for Marco Bellocchio's Bella addormentata. She has written for a number of Italian publications and contributes regularly to Rolling Stone, and her translations into Italian include works by F Scott Fitzgerald, Octavia E. Butler, Ray Bradbury and Ursula K. Le Guin. She lives in Rome.