Sara Rattaro

Sara Rattaro (born Genoa, 9 June 1975) is an Italian writer.

Biography Sara Rattaro holds degrees in Biology (1999) and Communication Studies (2009), both from the University of Genoa. She worked as a pharmaceutical representative for some years before switching to full-time writing.

Her novels mainly deal with women's lives, feelings and challenges. Spousal abuse, motherhood, family bonds are among the themes she explores in her writing. She was awarded the Premio Bancarella for Niente è come te in 2015. She was the recipient of the Rapallo Carige Prize for Splendi più che puoi in 2016. Her novels have been translated in several languages, among them Spanish, German, Dutch and Russian. In 2017, her first children's book, Il cacciatore di sogni was published.

Novels Sulla sedia sbagliata, Milan: Morellini, 2010 Un uso qualunque di te, Florence: Giunti, 2012 Non volare via, Milan: Garzanti Editore 2013 Niente è come te, Milan: Garzanti Editore 2014 Splendi più che puoi, Milan: Garzanti Editore 2016 L'amore addosso, Milan: Sperling & Kupfer, 2017 Il cacciatore di sogni, Milan: Mondadori, 2017 Uomini che restano, Milan: Sperling & Kupfer, 2018 Sentirai parlare di me, Milan: Mondadori, 2019

Awards 2014 - Premio Città di Rieti 2015 - Premio Bancarella 2015 - Premio Rhegium Julii - "Fortunato Seminara" Special Award 2016 - Rapallo Carige Prize 2017 - Fenice Europa Prize