Ilaria Tuti lives in Gemona del Friuli, in the province of Udine. She has a degree in economics and has always had a passion for painting and nature. She has won Italy's National Women's Literary Prize and was nominated for the Sue Grafton Memorial Award. She is the author of two other novels in the Teresa Battaglia series, Flowers over the Inferno and The Sleeping Nymph. Ekin Oklap was born in Turkey, grew up in Italy, and currently lives in London. She translates from Turkish and Italian. As a translator, she has been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and the John Florio Prize.
Praise for the Teresa Battaglia novels [Tuti] introduces a sympathetic heroine in Battaglia, whose gruffness masks a fear she may be losing her unique abilities. -The Wall Street Journal [Teresa Battaglia] is out of shape, diabetic and busy fighting the early stages of Alzheimer's disease-on top of handling a complex case . . . It's nice to see a cop who isn't slim and sexy chasing after serial killers. -NPR Creepy and evocative. -The Guardian