Giancarlo Pastore was born in Turin in 1967. His first novel, Meduse (Bompiani, 2003), was nominated for the Premio Settembrini and published in Jamie Richards’s English translation as Jellyfish (Xenos Books, 2008). Other publications include the novel Regina (Bompiani, 2007) and the short story “Gloria” in the anthology Bloody Europe! Racconti, appunti, cartoline dall’Europa gay.