Francesca Maria Benvenuto was born in Naples in 1986. She graduated with a Law degree in 2009 and completed a PhD in International Criminal Law in 2012. That same year she moved to Paris to study for a Master's Degree in Criminal Law at the Sorbonne. She then started her own law firm in Paris, where she currently works as a criminal lawyer. She is also studying for a Modern Languages degree at the University of Turin. Her debut novel, So People Know It's Me, was published in Italy by Mondadori in 2024.

Elizabeth Harris's recent translations of Italian prose include works by Francesco Pacifico, Andrea Bajani, Claudia Durastanti and Antonio Tabucchi. She has been awarded an NEA Translation Fellowship, the Italian Prose in Translation Award, and the National Translation Award. Elizabeth lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.