Sebastiano Mondadori was born in Milan in 1970 and has lived in Tuscany for many years. 
He graduated in philosophy from the University of Pavia. In 2006 he founded the Barnabooth School of Creative Writing in Lucca, which he directed until 2021, editing four anthologies of short stories. He has taught Travel Narration at the Science of Tourism (Lucca Campus/University of Pisa). He has collaborated with 'Nuovi Argomenti' and 'l'Unità'. He has been a publishing consultant for many years.
He has published the novels Gli anni incompiuti (Marsilio 2001 - Kihlgren Prize, Rhegium Julii Prize, Meda Prize), Sarai così bellissima (Marsilio 2002), Come Lara e Talita (Marsilio 2003), L'importanza delle pulizie (Trasciatti 2008), Un anno fa domani (Instar Libri, 2009 - selected for the Premio Strega), Miracoli sbagliati (Miraviglia 2013), Gli amici che non ho (Codice 2015), L'anno dello Straniero (Codice 2016), Il contrario di padre (Manni 2019); the interview book La commedia umana. Conversazioni con Mario Monicelli (il Saggiatore, 2005 - Efebo d'oro); the essay Balliamoci sopra. Scorribande letterarie (ZonaFranca 2009); the autobiographical essay with Salvatore Veca Prove di autoritratto (Mimesis 2020); the poetry collection I decaloghi spezzati (Stampa2009, 2021); the memoir Verità di famiglia. Rewriting the story of Alberto Mondadori (La Nave di Teseo 2022 - Elba-Brignetti Prize for non-fiction, Premio Antonio Semeria del Casinò di Sanremo).