Mauro Bonciani, born in Florence in 1961, son of workers and farmers, biologist, passionate about the history of his city and cycling, is a professional journalist. He writes in the ‘Corriere Fiorentino’. 
For Le Lettere he has published Le grandi battaglie della Toscana (2010), Fratelli di Toscana (2011), Amerigo Vespucci. Il fiorentino che inventò l'America (2012), Firenze com'era e com'è (2019) and Novantanove volte Firenze. A Journey in a Surprising City (2021).