Viola Ardone

Viola Ardone, born in Naples in 1974, studied Italian literature and trained as a librarian. She worked as a journalist, including for La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera, and as a teacher of history, Italian and Latin. Ardone has published several novels and short stories. Her international breakthrough came with Il treno dei bambini, published in German as Ein Zug voller Hoffnung. The novel became an award-winning bestseller in Italy and has been widely translated internationally.