Elena Stancanelli

Elena Stancanelli was born in Florence and founded the Piccoli Maestri association to encourage reading in schools. She collaborates with La Repubblica and La Stampa. With Emma Dante and Giorgio Vasta, she has co-written the films Le sorelle Macaluso and Misericordia. He has written novels, including: Benzina (Einaudi, 1998) which inspired a film, and La femmina nuda (2016, finalist for the Strega Award), Venne alla spiaggia un assassino (2019) and Il tuffatore (2022, finalist for the Campiello Award) all published by La Nave di Teseo.