[1] In 2003 she moved to Rome, where she started her activity as a writer as the author of children books.

Her debut novel Gli anni al contrario ("The years in reverse", 2015) got her critical appraise and several awards including the Bagutta Prize for best first work and the Premio Brancati.

[5][6] Terranova is also a contributor to several magazines and newspapers, an essayist, an author of short stories and a radio writer.

In 2021 she made up her first graphic novel, Caravaggio e la ragazza, illustrated by Lelio Bonaccorso.

[7][8] The same year she was a jury member of the "Horizons" section at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.