Nicoletta Vallorani

Nicoletta Vallorani studied at D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara. The recorded working language is English and Italian. The field of work recorded is English-language literature and American literature. Places of work recorded in the authority are Milan. Employment is recorded with University of Milan. Distinctions recorded are Urania Award.

• Name — Nicoletta Vallorani • Born — 7 February 1959 • Birthplace — Offida, Italy • Occupation — Writer, translator, academic, blogger • Genre — Science fiction, noir • Education — University of Milan • Language — Italian • Years Active — 1992–present

Born in Offida, in the Marche region, she holds a degree in Foreign Languages with a dissertation on Contemporary American Literature, honed her writing skills as a translator and currently teaches English Language and Literature in the University of Milan, Milan. Her work as an essayist focuses on Italian science fiction criticism, and science fiction from women in particular. She contributed to various genre magazines, including Cosmo, La città e le stelle, Studi e ricerche sulla fantascienza and Ucronia. For Mondadori she did volume prefaces, articles, interviews, and columns. Starting in the mid-1980s, she published novels and short-story collections. She won the Premio Urania in 1992 with the novel Il cuore finto di DR, a science fiction/noir cross-pollination published by Mondadori under the Urania imprint the following year, and also translated into French. She also writes noir and children's literature. In 2012 her novel Le madri cattive won the Premio Nazionale di Narrativa Maria Teresa Di Lascia. In 2020 her novel Avrai i miei occhi (Zona 42) was longlisted for the Premio Campiello and Premio Napoli. Her latest novel is Noi siamo campo di battaglia (Zona 42)

• "The Catalog of Virgins" (translated by Rachel S. Cordasco), Clarkesworld magazine (2017)