About the Author

Isabella De Vinci was born in Padua, a small town in Northern Italy, in 1960, the second daughter of a well-respected local family; an Italian mother and an English father. Schooled locally, her early childhood was rich in the culture and stories of the historic surrounding region. Her growing love of literature and language ensured she would finish her schooling at the Lycee in Paris. After graduating in modern languages and classic translation, she emigrated to the United States and took up a position at one of the finest universities in America, lecturing and writing on Italian Renaissance Literature. This, For Love And Magic People, is her first novel and is the first book outside of her own to be published on her own imprint Mark Musa Publishing. Mark is one of the world’s foremost authorities on Dante and a highly respected academic figure.