Linda Ghio (born 1988) received her PhD in creative writing at London Metropolitan University in November 2020, which her first novel LA CITTA DI ACQUA E VETRO grew out of. She also has a First Class Honours Degree in Creative Writing from London Met. She writes short stories, poetry and novels. She is also a translator from English to Italian and Italian to English. Linda has contributed to a selection of poetry and narrative anthologies. In 2011 she was awarded the Sandra Ashman Prize for her steampunk/dystopia short story ‘Strays’. In 2013 her travel short story ‘Licata’ was also awarded the Sandra Ashman Prize and the London Metropolitan Vice-Chancellor’s Prize. In 2014 her poem ‘Intern’s Sestina’ was again awarded the Sandra Ashman Prize. The suggested English title for LA CITTA DI ACQUA E VETRO is THE DARK WAYS OF LOWER VENICE: A Cornelia Furlan Investigation. The next two books in the Cornelia Furlan series, IL CANTO DELL’ABISSO (A Song from the Abyss) and L’ALCHIMIA DEL FUOCO (The Alchemy of Fire) wil be published by Oscar Fantastica/Mondadori in Spring and Autumn 2027.