A short, misleading and occasionally downright fake biography of Anna Feruglio Dal Dan

Anna Feruglio Dal Dan was born in 1966 and has now, even her incredible willpower having a limit, turned thirty.
 
She was born in a small town called Udine (in Italy), almost precisely midway between Venice and Trieste. She lives in London, with two meek Macintosh Computers and a chatty cat.
 
She's never been a karate master, a journalist or a wild game hunter, and in general never had all those exciting adventures which should be conducive to a career in writing. She has, though, been a sailor. No, really. She was born on the Adriatic Sea and her parents used to own a sailing boat. Later on she's started going to sailing schools. She's been to Glenans, albeit the toned-down Corsica base.
 
She was for twenty years a translator, turning Science Fiction written in English into Science Fiction written in Italian by the power of the black arts. And lots of coffee.
 
In 2003 she's been to Clarion West, and the glow has now completely faded. She was called "incandescent", which has allowed her to collect quite a bit of really enthusiastic rejection letters.
 
She grows very patient Phalenopsis orchids, some of which are still alive. She takes photos, which her friends praise and professionals sniff scornfully at.
 
And don't let yourself be taken in by the cute photograph. She's really a four feet hunchback with an evil disposition.