Bruna De Luca

Bruna De Luca grew up in a very Italian household in the Scottish Borders and reluctantly describes herself as a deep-fried pizza. This dual heritage is woven through every aspect of her life, from her studies at the University of Edinburgh, where she completed a dissertation on Italian fairy tales, to the years she spent living in Italy teaching students to speak English with a Scottish twang. Her writing is shaped by that in-between space, often exploring identity, belonging and life between cultures. She is the author of the YA novels Livia in Rome and Evie in Venice.