Geia Laconi was born on the Indonesian island of Sumatra to an Italian mother and an Indonesian father. She grew up in Florence, Italy, where she received a degree in Educational Sciences. After many journeys and experiences in countries around the world (in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, India and the United States), she now lives in a small town in a wooded area of the Apennine Mountains with her husband, Folco Terzani, and their two children.