Veronica Raimo is an Italian writer, translator and screenwriter.

Veronica Raimo is the author of four novels, the most recent of which, Lost On Me (Niente di Vero) was shortlisted for the Premio Strega Prize and won the Strega Giovani Prize and the Viareggio Rèpaci Prize, and was translated into several languages. A film adaptation of the book is underway. She wrote the collection of poems Le bambinacce with Marco Rossari. Her stories have appeared in anthologies and magazines, in Italy and abroad, and are now collected in a book, La vita è breve, eccetera (Einaudi, 2023). She contributes cultural articles to various Italian publications, writing about music, cinema and literature. Her translations into Italian include works by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Octavia E. Butler, Ray Bradbury and Ursula K. Le Guin. She lives in Rome.

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Pink book cover of Lost on Me with a black and white photo of a young woman screwing up her face.