Costanza Casati

Costanza Casati is an Italian writer born in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1995. She grew up in northern Italy and studied Ancient Greek and Ancient Greek literature. Casati holds a BA in English and Film Studies from Queen Mary University of London and an MA in Writing from the University of Warwick. She has worked as a screenwriter and journalist. Her debut novel, "Clytemnestra" (2023), is inspired by Greek mythology and became a Sunday Times bestseller, winning the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award and being shortlisted for the Historical Writers Association Debut Crown Award. Her second novel, "Babylonia" (2024), is a work of historical fiction based on the life of Semiramis and also became a Sunday Times bestseller, winning the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize. Casati is known for her historical fiction and myth retellings that focus on women in power from the ancient world, exploring themes of female desire, ambition, love, loss, and revenge.