Anna Monardo grew up in Pittsburgh, with strong ties to her Calabrian family. After Italy: A Family Memoir of Arranged Marriage (Bordighera Press, 2024) is the factual retelling of the family story at the heart of her first novel, The Courtyard of Dreams, reissued by Bordighera Press in 2025. Monardo is also the author of the novel Falling In Love with Natassia (Doubleday). Visit annamonardo.com