Corrado Fortuna was born in Palermo in 1978. He has lived in Rome, Milan and Florence, and has now returned to Sicily. He is an actor, a cinema and television writer, film director, and DJ. He has worked with Paolo Virzì, Franco Battiato, Roberto Faenza, and Giuseppe Tornatore. He has published three novels: Un giorno sarai un posto bellissimo (Baldini&Castoldi), L’amore capovolto (Rizzoli) and L'ultimo lupo (Rizzoli).