Antonella Lattanzi was born in Bari in 1979 and currently lives in Rome. She has published the novels Devozione, Prima che tu mi tradisca and Una storia nera (Cortina d’Ampezzo, Sila and Restart prize-winner). She writes for print media, television and film. For the big screen she has written Fiore, directed by C. Giovannesi, 2night by I. Silvestrini and II campione by L. D’Agostini. The rights to Una storia nera have been sold is over ten countries. Lucky Red is set to make a television series with a screenplay by Lattanzi.