Licia Troisi is an Italian fantasy writer. Her first published book was Nihal della terra del vento, published in 2004. This is the first book of a fantasy trilogy entitled Cronache del mondo emerso. Later, she embarked on a second trilogy, Le guerre del mondo emerso and Le leggende del Mondo Emerso. She sold about 900,000 copies in Italy, which currently makes her the best-selling Italian fantasy writer. Her works have been translated into other languages, including German, French, Dutch, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese. Resident in Rome, Licia Troisi also works in astrophysics at the Italian Space Agency. She graduated in physics with a specialization in astrophysics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. 

November 20th, 1980 in Rome (Age 44)