Chiara Casalini

Chiara Casalini writes stories where love, shadow, and fate meet on the edge of a blade.

An Italian author of fantasy romance and gothic fantasy, she brings together her work as a graphic designer and her past in metal music. From 1998 to 2013, she was the founder, lead singer, and songwriter of the band Wild Angel, an experience that left an intense, visual, and deeply emotional mark on her storytelling.

She is the author of the Scarlet trilogy, whose second volume, Scacco al re, was presented at Lucca Comics & Games, as well as novels such as Cuore di Lupo and Nero Corvo.

Her imagination is shaped by music, esotericism, Norse tradition, bladed weapons, and martial arts. Beneath the fantasy elements, her stories carry a critical eye on power, identity, freedom, and belonging.