Francesco Aloia was born in 1999 in Marano, a town on the outskirts of Naples. At eighteen he moved to Turin, studying creative writing at Scuola Holden.
He published his first book, Questo sangue masticato (Bloodines) in 2024. Part novel, part family documentary, it traces the life and career of his grandfather, a minor player in the underworld of post-war Naples who became notorious for the killing of a well-known camorra boss.