The First True Lie: A Novel (12 page)

M
arina Mander is the author of
Manuale di ipocondria fantastica
(A fantastical manual of hypochondria, 2000),
Catalogo degli addii
(A catalogue of good-byes, 2010), and
Nessundorma
(Nobody is sleeping, 2013). This is her first U.S. publication. She lives in Milan and works in publishing.

S
tephen Twilley is managing editor of the online review
Public Books
and the translator of several books from the Italian, including Francesco Pacifico’s
The Story of My Purity
and Fabio Stassi’s
Charlie Chaplin’s Last Dance
.