Michelle Damiani

Michelle Damiani is a writer living in Spello, Italy. She is the author of "Il Bel Centro: A Year in the Beautiful Center", a memoir of moving to an Umbrian village with three children and two cats. To encourage other families to leap into the arms of adventure, she gathered 36 traveling families to share their practical tips and experiences and wove them together in "The Road Taken: How to Dream, Plan, and Live Your Family Adventure Abroad." Her life in Italy later inspired the "Santa Lucia" novels, which delve into the rumors and romance that bloom in a village cafe. She continues Italian world-building with the "Murder in an Italian Village" cozy mystery series, set in her beloved Umbria.