Fran­ces­ca Lanc­ini, an Ital­ian mod­el, writer and actress pre­sent­ed in Bul­gar­ia her debut nov­el, best-sell­ing With­out Heels, pub­lished in her home­land in 2011.

The Ital­ian beau­ty was born in 1983, in Bre­scia. She grad­u­at­ed in com­mu­ni­ca­tions and was a pro­fes­sion­al mod­el and actress. She lives in Milan and teach­es nar­ra­tive skills and script writ­ing at Nuo­va Acca­de­mia di Belle Arti.

She was in Ocean's Twelve by film direct­or Stev­en Soder­bergh and anchor­wom­an at San­re­mo Music Fes­ti­val 2006, Ita­ly's big­gest music fes­ti­val.

Sen­za tac­chi (With­out Heels) is her debut nov­el about a mod­el, Sofia Mar­ti­ni, a young wom­an at odds with her­self, who leaves her home on an ego trip around the world.