# Maurizio De Giovanni

Maurizio de Giovanni (born March 31, 1958, in Naples) is an Italian author of mystery novels.

## Biography

Maurizio de Giovanni was born in Naples in 1958; he has spent the majority of his life living and working there. In 2005 he decided to join a Porsche Italia competition reserved for giallo novelists, and that's where he came up with the character of Commissario Ricciardi, main protagonist of his first short story, “I vivi e I morti”. This was the start of his career as a writer. Subsequently, I Vivi e i morti served as an inspiration for Le lacrime del pagliaccio (reissued as Il senso del dolore (2007), later translated as I will have vengeance – The winter of commissario Ricciardi), whose detective Ricciardi then became the protagonist for a series of very popular murder novels.
Following this, in 2008, Blood curse – The springtime of commissario Ricciardi was released. In 2009 came Everyone in their place – The summer of commissario Ricciardi and finally, in 2010, The day of the dead – The autumn of commissario Ricciardi was released. He started to gain a wider audience and made a name for himself because of this series.
In 2011 he had his first book published by Einaudi, By my hand – A commissario Ricciardi mystery.
In 2012 de Giovanni wrote in the noir genre with a book titled The Crocodile (Il metodo del coccodrillo), introducing a new main character, Ispettore Lojacono.
In the same year, together with Einaudi, he published the pocket version of the seasons’ novels and the brand new Viper – A commissario Ricciardi mystery.
In 2013 The Bastards of Pizzofalcone (I Bastardi di Pizzofalcone) was released. The book was inspired by the 87th Precinct novels from author Ed McBain, and marked De Giovanni's transition from the noir genre to the police procedural. Soon after, he published Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone (Buio per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone), the second entry in what would become the 'Pizzofalcone' novels. In 2017, The Bastards of Pizzofalcone was adapted as a televisions series of the same name for Rai 1.
In the same month as Darkness was completed, his short story Un giorno di Settembre a Natale, contained in the anthology Regalo di Natale, was published by the editor Sellerio.
2014 was a prolific year for de Giovanni. Not only were 15 of his noir stories released in the Mani insanguinate anthology, he also had two new novels published: Bottom of your heart (by Einaudi) and Gelo per i bastardi di Pizzofalcone.
In 2015, Glass souls, the 8th installment in the Ricciardi's series, was released. In the same year, he appeared at an event at the Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh, in conversation with academic Raffaella Ocone discussing the success of the detective story.
In 2016, de Giovanni had both Serenata senza nome. Notturno per il commissario Ricciardi and Pane per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone published.
The majority of his works are currently translated into the following languages: English, Spanish, Catalan, French and German.
He's an atheist.

## Works
### Commissario Ricciardi's series

* 2006 – Le lacrime del pagliaccio, Graus Editore; re-published in 2007, by Fandango, as Il senso del dolore: l'inverno del commissario Ricciardi.
* 2008 – La condanna del sangue: la primavera del commissario Ricciardi, Fandango
* 2009 – Il posto di ognuno: l'estate del commissario Ricciardi, Fandango
* 2010 – Il giorno dei morti: l'autunno del commissario Ricciardi, Fandango
* 2011 – Per mano mia: il Natale del commissario Ricciardi, Einaudi
* 2012 – L'omicidio Carosino: le prime indagini del commissario Ricciardi, Cento Autori
* 2012 – Vipera: nessuna resurrezione per il commissario Ricciardi, Einaudi
* 2014 – "Febbre" (short story contained in the anthology Giochi criminali), Einaudi
* 2014 – In fondo al tuo cuore: inferno per il commissario Ricciardi, Einaudi
* 2015 – Anime di vetro: falene per il commissario Ricciardi, Einaudi
* 2016 – Serenata senza nome. Notturno per il commissario Ricciardi, Einaudi
* 2017 – Rondini d'inverno: sipario per il commissario Ricciardi, Einaudi
* 2018 – Il purgatorio dell'angelo: confessioni per il commissario Ricciardi, Einaudi
* 2019 - Il pianto dell'alba: Ultima ombra per il commissario Ricciardi
* 2022 - Caminito: Un aprile del commissario Ricciardi
* 2023 - Soledad. Un dicembre del commissario Ricciardi

### Ispettore Lojacono

* 2012 – Il metodo del coccodrillo, Mondadori

### I Bastardi di Pizzofalcone series

* 2013 – I Bastardi di Pizzofalcone, Einaudi
* 2013 – Buio per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone, Einaudi
* 2014 – Gelo per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone, Einaudi
* 2015 – Cuccioli per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone, Einaudi
* 2016 – Pane per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone, Einaudi
* 2017 – Souvenir per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone, Einaudi
* 2018 – Vuoto per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone, Einaudi
* 2019 – Nozze per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone, Einaudi
* 2020 – Fiori per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone, Einaudi
* 2021 – Angeli per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone, Einaudi

### Articles and short stories about sports

* 2008 – Juve-Napoli 1–3: la presa di Torino, Cento Autori
* 2009 – Ti racconto il 10 maggio, Cento Autori
* 2010 – Miracolo a Torino: Juve Napoli 2–3, Cento Autori
* 2010 – Storie azzurre, Cento Autori (anthology)
* 2010 – "Maradona è meglio 'e Pelé" (short article contained in Per segnare bisogna tirare in porta, Spartaco)
* 2014 – La partita di pallone: storie di calcio, Sellerio editore (anthology)
* 2015 – Il resto della settimana, Rizzoli

### Miscellaneous

* 2005 – Il maschio dominante, Graus & Boniello
* 2007 – Le beffe della cena ovvero piccolo manuale dell'intrattenimento in piedi, Kairòs
* 2010 – L'ombra nello specchio, Kairòs
* 2010 – Mammarella, Cagliostro ePress
* 2011 – "Scusi, un ricordo del terremoto dell'ottanta?" (short story contained in the anthology Trema la terra, Neo edizioni e Una lunga notte, Cento Autori)
* 2012 – Gli altri fantasmi, Spartaco
* 2012 – Respirando in discesa, Senza Patria
* 2012 – Per amore di Nami, Zefiro
* 2013 – Gli altri, Tunué (comic book derived from Gli altri fantasmi)
* 2013 – "Un giorno di Settembre a Natale" (short story contained in the anthology Regalo di Natale, Sellerio)
* 2013 – "Il tappo del 128" (short story contained in the anthology Racconti in sala d'attesa, Caracò)
* 2014 – Le mani insanguinate, Cento Autori (anthology)
* 2014 – Verità imperfette, Del Vecchio Editore (co-written with other authors)
* 2015 – "Ti voglio bene" in Roberto Colonna (editor), Il fantastico. Tradizioni a confronto, Salerno, Edizioni Arcoiris, 2014
* 2015 – "Istantanee" in Maurizio de Giovanni (editor) Nessuno ci ridurrà al silenzio, Cento Autori (anthology)
* 2015 – Una mano sul volto, Ad est dell'equatore (contained in an anthology against the violence on women)
* 2015 – La solitudine dell'anima, Cento Autori (anthology) ISBN 978-88-6872-036-0, a secret short story about a young Ricciardi is contained in this anthology.
* 2017 – Vita quotidiana dei Bastardi di Pizzofalcone, Einaudi, ISBN 978-8806233938, to accompany the release of the television series I bastardi di Pizzofalcone, de Giovanni gives voice to the characters of the investigative team.

## Theatre
### Adaptation

* 2015 – Qualcuno volò sul nido del cuculo, directed by Alessandro Gassmann

## Television
### Scriptwriter

* 2017 – I bastardi di Pizzofalcone, TV show, directed by Carlo Carlei.