Luigi Guarnieri was born and lives in Rome. Doctor of Human Letters at the University of Pisa and with a diploma from the Experimental Cinematography Centre in Rome, he wrote many theater and radio plays. He is the author of novels translated in many countries: L’atlante criminale. Vita scriteriata di Cesare Lombroso (2000, Premio Bagutta Opera Prima), Tenebre sul Congo (2001), La doppia vita di Vermeer (2004, Premio Selezione Campiello), La sposa ebrea (2006, Premio Pisa, Premio Rhegium Julii), I sentieri del cielo (2008, Premio Grinzane Cavour 2009) and Una strana storia d’amore (2011), Il sosia di Hitler (2014). His most recent novel is Forsennatamente Mr Foscolo (2018, Premio Roma 2018, Premio Boccaccio 2019, shortlisted for Premio Viareggio Rèpaci).