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Italian author

Pierdomenico Baccalario (born 6 March 1974) is an Italian author of children's and young adult fiction, best known for his Ulysses Moore series that sold more than 10 million copies worldwide.

Biography

Pierdomenico Baccalario was born in Acqui Terme, Italy, in 1974. He studied law in university, but he continued to write, a passion that he had had since high school, and published his first book, ′′La strada del guerriero′′ in 1999. The book was popular in Italy but was never translated into English.

In 2004 he published the first of so far 18 novels in the Ulysses Moore series, which has since been translated in 29 languages and sold 10 million copies worldwide.

Baccalario lives part time in Italy and part time in London with his wife Marina Della Giusta, a professor of economy at the University of Reading, and their two daughters. He is the founder of Book on a Tree, a company with some 15 employees, publishing 60 books a year.

In 2019 he was shortlisted for the Premio Strega for author's writing for children (age 11+).

Bibliography

Novels

Stand-alone novels

La Clessidra

Published by De Agostini.

Ulysses Moore

Published by Piemme. English translation published by Scholastic.

  • 2004: The Door to Time
  • 2005: The Long-Lost Map
  • 2005: The House of Mirrors
  • 2006: The Isle of Masks
  • 2006: The Stone Guardians
  • 2007: The First Key
  • 2008: The Hidden City
  • 2009: The Lord of the Ray
  • 2009: The Shadow Labyrinth
  • 2010: The Ice Land
  • 2010: The Ash Garden
  • 2011: The Imaginary Travelers
  • 2013: The Boat of Time
  • 2014: The Journey to the Dark Harbours
  • 2014: The Pirates of the Imaginary Sea
  • 2015: The Island of Rebels'
  • 2016: The Battle of Time
  • 2016: The Great Summer

Candy Circle

Collaboration with Alessandro Gatti; published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore.

Century

Published by Piemme. English translation published by Random House.

Will Moogley Agenzia Fantasmi

Published by Piemme.

I gialli di vicolo Voltaire

Collaboration with Alessandro Gatti; published by Piemme.

Cyboria

Published by De Agostini.

La Bottega Battibaleno

Published by Piemme.

I Classicini

Rewrites of classical novels, published by Edizioni EL.

Anthologies

Non-fiction

  • Passaggio a Nord-Est, La vita avventurosa di Giacomo Bove (with Andrea Canobbio)
  • Focus, Le più incredibili curiosità sugli animali (Mondadori)
  • Focus, Invenzioni e scienziati pazzi (Mondadori)
  • Focus, Mostri e creature orripilanti (Mondadori)
  • Focus, Tesori perduti (Mondadori)
  • Focus, Le più incredibili curiosità della natura selvaggia (Mondadori)
  • Focus Junior. Tutti i più incredibili misteri dell'universo (Mondadori)

Screenplays

Notes

  1. Gatti, Alessandro (2011). Lo strano caso del ritratto fiammingo (in Italian). Piemme. ISBN 9788858505649.
  2. Bardola, Nicola (12 November 2009). "Pierdomenico Baccalario – Century". Focus.
  3. ^ Bush, Bettina (14 October 2019). "Baccalario: "La cittadina del mio Ulysses Moore si ispira a Celle"". la Repubblica (in Italian).
  4. "Autori 2019" (in Italian). Premio Strega. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  5. Pronti... partenza... crash!, Luca Azzolini, Fantasy Magazine, 21 September 2009
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