Valentina Kay is an Italian-born editor, photographer, and writer.

A book devourer and an explorer of difficult and hard-to-reach places, her editing career began in 2006 when she started managing cult indie publisher Edizioni XII with her husband Daniele Bonfanti. Alongside, she pursued a career in healthcare, which deepened her understanding of the human condition—a theme richly woven into her writings.

At 42, a mother of three, she decided to surrender to her passion for storytelling full-time, leaving behind a secure position. After working as a marketing consultant for three years, she co-founded Bee Lab in 2023 with her usual sidekick Daniele. Bee Lab, a storytelling studio, handles the image and communication for companies in the renewable energy and new technologies sectors, as well as producing original works of experimental narrative.

Valentina has run ultratrails, navigated glaciers, climbed alpine walls, skied down steep slopes, and surfed Atlantic waves. She taps from these experiences to feed her narrative.

She resides in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, with her husband and daughters. "Urlan, Cosmic Cat" marked her feline leap into publishing her own work.

Daniele Bonfanti is an Italian-born writer, editor and translator, known for his contributions to speculative fiction and adventure.

He has translated giants such as Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Ramsey Campbell into Italian, as well as works from Italian and Spanish into English. His stories have been published alongside the greatest contemporary and classic authors, he has contributed to Stoker-nominated anthologies. He has received Honorable Mentions in Ellen Datlow's "The Best Horror of the Year," a Splatterpunk Award nomination, and has worked on several comics—authoring the graphic novel "Unstoppable," illustrated by Cardoselli, and "Urlan, Cosmic Cat," written with his wife Valentina Kay.

Before his English-language debut with "Game" in 2016, he had already published two novels, four anthologies as an editor, and a bunch of stories in Italy. Not even newsstands were spared: he wrote articles, essays, and columns on ancient mysteries, the paranormal, alchemy, and fringe science for magazines like Hera and Area di Confine.

With Valentina Kay, in 2023 he founded and runs Bee Lab, a storytelling studio.

A pianist and composer, he has also worked as a farmer and beekeeper—key experiences for his narrative.

A surfer, mountaineer, kayaker, trail runner and open-water swimmer, he resides in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, with his wife and daughters.

“If you are looking for vivid imagery and high-tension storytelling, Daniele Bonfanti is your man. He writes a clean line of prose that sings with energy, and his compelling tales stand hip-deep in bravado and confidence.”

—Thomas F. Monteleone, 5-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award

“A writer of amazing talent. A natural storyteller with the unique ability to make the unbelievable seem frighteningly real.”

— Owl Goingback, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Crota