Maria Paola Romeo, lives in Milan and is married with three children. She worked for thirteen years for Harlequin Mondadori, a joint venture between Canadian-owned Harlequin Enterprises, the leading international publisher of women's fiction, and Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. She is currently a literary agent at Grandi & Associati Literary Agency based in Milan.She is also a translator from English and German for a number of women's fiction editors, such as Sonzogno and Sperling & Kupfer.
She has also been a speaker at several creative writing courses. Maria Paola Romeo is the co-creator of the Women's Fiction Festival, and is Vice-President of the Women's Fiction Festival Association.
