Bruna De Luca grew up in a very Italian household in the Scottish Borders and reluctantly describes herself as a deep-fried pizza. This dual heritage is woven into every aspect of her life—from her studies at the University of Edinburgh, where she completed a dissertation on Italian fairy tales, to the years she spent in Italy teaching students to speak English with a Scottish twang. Now back in Scotland with her Italian husband and their own third-culture kids (one born in Italy, the other in Scotland), Bruna’s experiences as the child of immigrants deeply shape her writing.