Pierdomenico Baccalario

His books are so absorbing that they leave you wanting more. In Il libro dei libri da leggere per diventare grandi (Einaudi Ragazzi, 2018), Baccalario, who literally grew up surrounded by books, shares the most essential reads. Translated into 30 languages with over two million copies sold, he explores the realm of fantasy through popular adventure and fantasy series like Ulysses Moore (celebrating its 20th anniversary with I mondi alla fine del mondo, Il Battello a Vapore, 2024), Century; Sherlock; Lupin & io; and La bottega Battibaleno. Founder of literary agency Book on a Tree, he has contributed to La bella stagione (Mondadori, 2021) with his friend Gianluca Vialli, Roberto Mancini, former Sampdoria footballers, and the documentary screenplay of the same name directed by Marco Ponti. Latest work translated to German: Das Buch der Bücher (Hanser, 2022).