Ilaria Tuti lives in Gemona del Friuli, in the province of Udine. She has a degree in economics, has always had a passion for painting, and freelances for a small independent publisher in her spare time. She won the Gran Giallo Città di Cattolica literary prize for her short story The Pagan Child. Flowers over the Inferno was her debut novel.

Ilaria Tuti’s Festival appearance is generously supported by Istituto Italiano di Cultura.