Gabriele Dadati (Piacenza, 1982) has published several books, including Sorvegliato dai fantasmi (2006, finalist as book of the year in Fahrenheit on Rai Radio 3) and Piccolo testamento (2011). In 2009, he represented Italy as part of the ‘Scritture Giovani’ project at the Festivaletteratura in Mantua. L'ultima notte di Antonio Canova (2018), finalist of the Comisso Prize, and Nella pietra e nel sangue (2020) have been published by Baldini & Castoldi.