Paolo Repetti was born in Rome in 1956. Before working in publishing he was involved in psychiatry and psychoanalysis. In 2001 he published with Mondadori his novel Lamento del giovane ipocondriaco. In 1985 he began his editorial experience in the publishing house Theoria. The experience ended in 1995 when, together with Severino Cesari, he invented the Free Style series by Einaudi that he continues to direct. At the beginning of 2019 he came out with Mondadori Esercizi di sepoltura di una madre.