Francesco Monaco

Francesco Monaco is an Italian author who writes two kinds of books, and believes they're secretly the same job: practical guides that make complicated things simple, and stories that make simple things unforgettable.

His nonfiction starts from a conviction that runs through everything he writes: when something keeps failing you, a system, a plan, a habit, the problem is usually the design, not the person. So he builds better designs, in plain language, for real lives. His "Your Brain Isn't Broken" series applies that idea to everyday life with ADHD, turning AI into a practical everyday ally, one copy-paste prompt at a time.

He came to writing the honest way: not through theory, but through years of figuring things out firsthand, paperwork and projects, false starts and restarts, ideas built, abandoned, and rebuilt better. His books exist because he needed them first; he just writes them down so the next person doesn't have to start from zero.

He is currently at work on his first novel for young readers, to be published in both Italian and English, because some things can't be explained in a how-to guide, and have to be told as a story instead.

He lives in Italy. When he's not writing, he's usually building something new, or plotting the next thing to build.