Marco Missiroli was born in Rimini, Italy. His first novel Senza Coda (Fanucci, 2005), won the prestigious Campiello Debut Novel Prize. This was followed by Il Buio Addosso (Guanda, 2007; Insula Roana prize winner), and Bianco (Guanda, 2009) which won three prizes: Commisso, Tondelli and della Critica. Marco writes for the culture pages of national newspaper Corriere della Sera, and for Vanity Fair.
