Gabriele Dadati was born in Piacenza, Italy, in 1982. He published a book of short stories (Sorvegliato dai fantasmi, peQuod Editore, 2006; Barbera, 2008) which won the Dante Graziosi prize and was shortlisted as Book of the Year by the Radio 3 Rai Programme Fahrenheit. He also published two novels: "Il libro nero del mondo" (Gaffi, 2009) and "Piccolo testamento" (Lauraa Editore, 2011). He works as editor for Laurana Editore, he collaborates with Booksweb.tv and he writes on the magazine "Libertà".