Resi Cibabene is a retired teacher. She worked both as a teacher and a teacher trainer. But it wasn't enough. She had always wanted to become a writer - a novelist. She wrote her first historical novel - L'inverno dell'Aquila - in 1992, and a wan a minor prize at Viareggio. Next year 'La Tana del Lupo' followed and wan the prize 'Nuovi Orizzonti'. In 1997 'La Filanda' ('The Silk Mill') wan the prize 'L'Autore' in Florence. In 2000 she wrote 'Da Novi a Marengo', an essay on the battle of Novi in 1799; in 2006 'Una vita perfetta'; in 2012 'Tra due bandiere' (Between two Flags). She is now workin...