Dora Albanese was born on 1st September 1985 in Matera, Lucania. After completing Secondary school in 2004 she moved to Rome where she studied Anthropology at “La Sapienza” University. She has written short stories and articles for magazines and newspapers both on paper and online. In 2009 Non dire madre, her first book of short stories, was published by Hacca. It was favourably reviewed by newspapers, magazines and radio programmes including “Corriere della sera”, “Il Mattino”, “Il Riformista”, “Il Messaggero”, “Vanity Fair”, “Grazia”, “Pulp”, “Cosmopolitan” and Radio Rai 3’s “Fahrenheit”. Published by Rizzoli, her first novel is due out in 2011. She lives in Rome with her husband and son Claudio, born in 2005. She loves going to her local bars and markets, visiting the small villages of Lucania and reading 20th century novels and essays on anthropology.