Meeting Sophia Loren and, speaking with her in Italian & receiving a handwritten letter from her!

Studentessa Matta was featured in the Austin Statesman and the USA Today Network picks up the article
Read the Austin Statesman Article Online



Studentessa Matta Blog
Awarded Best Resource to Learn Italian
Tutorful Link
Studentessa Matta featured in Magazine –
February 2021 Edition
L’Italo-Americana Article

The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola Book Club selection of the month by Dream of Italy Book Club
Author Interview April 7, 2021
Studentessa Matta Blog Ranked Top 100 Language Lovers BLogs by Bab.La/Lexiophiles
Studentessa Matta Blog
Ranked Top 100 Language Lovers Blogs by Bab.La/Lexiophiles

In previous years the site was also Awarded
and Recognized as a Top Language Learning Blog
bab.la | Lexiophiles.com Top Language Learning Blogs in World:
2010 – Top 100 Language Blogs
2011 Top 100 Language Blogs
2012 #22 out of 100 Top Blogs
2013 #6 Twitter Feed & #8 Language Blog
2014 Twitter Feed Nominated
2021 Book Awards
Eternally Artemisia winner of Reader Views 2021 Gold Award For Adult Classic Fiction
“The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola” Winner
of Reader Views Silver Award 2021 Historical Fiction
The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola Winner of Reader Views 2021 Silver Award For Historical Fiction
“Eternally Artemisia
Winner of Reader Views Gold Award 2021 Adult Classic Fiction


2019 Book Awards
Waking Isabella Winner of Reader Views 2019 Silver Award for Literary Fiction
Waking Isabella Winner of Reader Views
2019 Literary Fiction Award SECOND PLACE

Waking Isabella & Melissa Muldoon with Reader Views host Sheri Hoyt
2018 Book Awards
Dreaming Sophia Winner of Reader Views 2018 Gold Award Literary Fiction
Dreaming Sophia Winner of Reader Views
2018 Literary Fiction Award FIRST PLACE

Dreaming Sophia & Melissa Muldoon with Reader Views host Sheri Hoyt
Featured on Wiki.ezvid.com: 6 Female Authors with Strong Passionate Voices
Featured on Wiki.ezvid.com: 6 Female Authors
with Strong Passionate Voices by Sheila O’Neill 8/2020

Feature on the Maria Liberati Show
2021
Featured on the Maria Liberati Show
Where Food Meets Art, Travel and Life

2019 Presentation of Waking Isabella
in Arezzo, Italy
2019 & 2023 Eternally Artemisia Featured Book
of the Month Women’s Writers

2017 – 2020 Book Presentations
Italy & U.S., Rome, Montepulciano, Arezzo,
San Francisco, Austin

2017 Guest Speaker at the
Italian Institute in San Francisco

2013 & 2014 Italy Magazine Blogging Awards
2014 Italy Magazine Blogger Award BEST SINGLE POST: ART & Culture
2013 Italy Magazine Blogger Award “Best Art & Culture Blog”
