Romana Petri lives in Rome. Her works include Ovunque io sia (2008), Ti spiego (2010), Le serenate del Ciclone (2015, Super Mondello and Mondello Giovani awards), Il mio cane del Klondike (2017), Pranzi di famiglia (2019, The Bridge award), Figlio del lupo (2020, Comisso Prize and Anna Maria Ortese-Rapallo Special Prize), Cuore di furia (2020), La rappresentazione (2021), Mostruosa maternità (2022), Rubare la notte (2023, shortlisted for the 2023 Strega Prize) and Tutto su di noi (2024).
Translator and critic, she contributes to Io Donna and Corriere della Sera. Her novels have been translated in England, the United States, France, Spain, Serbia, the Netherlands, Germany, and Portugal (where she lived for many years).