About our guests
Camille de Peretti
Camille de Peretti published Thornytorinx in 2005, which received the First Novel Prize at the Chambéry Festival. Her ninth novel, Portrait of an Unknown Woman, has been showered with literary prizes, including the Prix des Romancières, the Prix du roman Marie Claire, the Prix Maison de la Presse, and has been translated into some twenty countries. For the past fifteen years, Camille de Peretti has led writing workshops and given lectures around the world, sharing her passion for art and literature.
Ben Faccini
Ben Faccini was born in England and brought up in rural France and Italy. He worked for many years for the UNESCO in Paris. He is the author The Water-Breather (Flamingo 2002), The Incomplete Husband (Portobello 2007), and more recently Other People's Children (Granta, 2026). As well as novels, he has written extensively on issues in the developing world, particularly about streets and working children and innovations in education. Apart from his writing skills, Ben Faccini is a translator. He has translated into English novels such as Lydie Salvayre’s Pas pleurer (as Cry, Mother Spain), Mahi Binebine’s Le Fou du Roi (as The King’s Fool), and Clara Dupont-Monod’s S’Adapter (as And the Stones Cry Out).
