Barbara Fiorio

Born in Genoa, where she lives and writes books, she is a communication teacher and consultant who also runs creative writing workshops, including the online-only Lazy Writers Support Group (GSSP), founded in 2014. Among her novels are Qualcosa di vero (Feltrinelli, 2015), Vittoria (Feltrinelli, 2018), La banda degli Dei (Rizzoli, 2021 – Winner of the 2022 Bancarellino Selection Prize), and La palestra dei desideri (Rizzoli, 2025).
In 2023, together with 26 students and writer Alice Basso, she published the collective novel Un altro ballo ancora(Garzanti), which she conceived and coordinated.
She has also written stories for several anthologies, including “I bulli sono buoni solo cotti” in Racconti su Halloween(Gallucci, 2023) edited by Manlio Castagna; “L’ultimo giorno di scuola” in Racconti sotto l’ombrellone (Gallucci) edited by Marco Magnone; and “Tre fiori di cenere” in Sette storie horror (Battello a Vapore) edited by Manlio Castagna.