For starters, her name is pronounced LEE-cha TRO-easy, not, what I’m predicting from lazy American English, LEE-sia TROY-see.
I’m also going to be upfront, I don’t know much about Mrs. Troisi other than I was thrilled to find a person of Italian heritage that hit all the checkboxes! Female. An author. Alive! Given the previous two are dead and rather obvious, I wanted to introduce us all to someone completely new. Her writing being in the Fantasy genre is a huge bonus. Being an active Scientist, a humongous bonus! I hope that one day, she becomes Italy’s DeGrasse Tyson. Unfortunately, Mrs. Troisi’s catalog hasn’t been translated into English so it will be a while before I can read any books as my Italian is on par with an entry-level tourist. A new incentive to really get cracking on my fluency via DuoLingo!
You can learn more about this incredible person via Mrs. Troisi’s web site. Meanwhile, I’m going to write her an e-mail, in English, I have a feeling she’s better at English than I could ever be in Italian thanks to Science and Tech having an English-speaking bias.
It’s great to see someone out there resetting everyone’s expectations on who is a Scientist. Who is an author. Who writes Fantasy.