Sixth Edition Jury

Poet, bookseller, and author, he was born in 1980 and lives in Novara. In 2017, he published La Locanda dell’Ultima Solitudine with Mondadori, which was named a finalist for the Premio Bancarella. This was followed in 2018 by his second novel, L’Atlante dell’Invisibile, also published by Mondadori. He is the Honorary President of the Borgate dal Vivo festival.

A Milan native, she holds a degree in Modern Literature. She gained extensive experience at Mondadori and Electa in the art books and exhibition catalogues division. She served as Editorial Director of Editrice Abitare Segesta (publisher of the monthly magazines Abitare, Case da Abitare, Costruire, and Costruire Impianti). Additionally, she has been a member of the General Department of ADI (Association for Industrial Design) and of the Board of Directors of A.I.M. (Associazione Interessi Metropolitani, Milan).
For Bookcity Milano, she oversees special projects and social impact initiatives. As a partner at “Memoria & Progetto,” she manages cultural projects and events, and serves as a member of the editorial board for the journal Pretext. Libri e Periodici. Del loro passato, del loro futuro.

Born in Milan in 1970, after completing classical studies and earning a law degree, he graduated from the Scuola del Fumetto di Milano and immediately began collaborating with numerous Italian publishers. His work as an illustrator has focused particularly on visuals, storyboards, and shooting boards for advertising, as well as children’s and young adult books across all age groups, with a heavy emphasis on educational materials. Over the years, he has illustrated comic books, stage sets, maps, character designs, family trees, and much more.
In publishing, he has collaborated with Mondadori, Einaudi, Corriere della Sera, RCS Scuola, Loescher, Edumond,Cedam, De Agostini, and La Coccinella. He lives in Milan with his wife and two children. He harbors an unhealthy passion for cinema and dissects genre films purely for the love of it.

Holding a degree in Literature, she has been working in publishing since 2004. Starting as an iconographic researcher,editor, and proofreader, she steadily gained experience before stepping into the role of full-time editor. After working on practical guides and, subsequently, Italian and international fiction, she specialized in Italian fiction. She currently works as a consultant for the publisher Sperling & Kupfer (Mondadori Group).