In a time of upheaval, Tomasi Di Lampedusa, the last prince in a long and noble Sicilian line, endures the frustration and joy of writing his famous novel, The Leopard, whilst nearby a young couple farewell their home to settle in far-off Australia. A Leopard’s Kiss entwines two dreamlike stories of change and becoming…

Marisa Fazio’s family are from a mountain village that looks down over Capo D'Orlando, the home of Prince Giuseppe di Lampedusa’s poetic cousin, Baron Lucio Piccolo. Marisa writes poems and prose and teaches English as a Second Language. Her work has been widely published in anthologies and journals in Australia and internationally. She divides her time between Melbourne and Sicily.