Chiara Barzini

Chiara Barzini is an Italian author and screenwriter, nominated among the 100 most influential Women of 2020 by Forbes Italy. She is the author of the story collection Sister Stop Breathing (Calamari Press), the novel Things That Happened Before The Earthquake (Doubleday), and an upcoming non-fiction book about the Los Angeles aqueduct and the reckless dreams called Aqua (Canongate), published in Italy in April 2025 with the title L Ultima Acqua (Einaudi).