Annarita Guarnieri

Then for some years I was too busy (and drained) with the University to think about writing, I got married, became a mom, and that, together with my translation job, absorbed most of my time. Then I met a writer that was my “idol” at the time, Mariangela Cerrino. Together with a few other people, we found the Star Trek Italian Club, and soon created a couple of fanzines. I was asked to write a few stories, and I discovered I was doing a good job… “How do You Feel” won the award as Italian best nonprofessional SF short story! At that point, I tried with a Star Trek novel, “The Caves of Arcadia”, (it got a third placement as best nonprofessional SF novel of the year). 

Life then got in between my writing and me. I divorced, and for a few years I was too busy raising two young daughters too think about anything else.

Then, just when I thought my occasion had slipped by me, I met that Italian publisher and got that offer for some cat books, an idea I had been caressing for some time. Through Book Junkies, I then met Inknbeans Press, and that made my biggest dream (being published in the US, since I have always written in English) get real. I’ll be forever grateful to Boss Bean and all the staff for giving me that chance, for believing I could make it!