Claudia Durastanti is a writer, translator, and cultural critic. She is the author of five novels including Strangers I Know, which was shortlisted for the Strega Prize, longlisted for the Prix Femina and named one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker. Missitalia won the Premio Mondello in 2024. Her books are translated into twenty-one languages and her work has appeared in the Paris Review, Apartamento, Granta, and elsewhere. She is the curator of the feminist imprint La Tartaruga. She lives in Rome.