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Giovanni Del Ponte

6/22/2010

Giovanni Del Ponte was born in Turin where he lives in an attic flat looking over the river Po with his partner Giovanna, who is his greatest fan and harshest critic, as well as their dog Shy, their cats Chapulin & Lea and another cat who makes its unauthorized entrances from the roof. He is very fond of comics and cinema, and between the ages of fourteen and thirty he directed short films, which included Futuro remoto, a science fiction comedy and a tribute to the Italian Walt Disney, Romano Scarpa. When he writes, he attempts to evoke the same emotions he felt as a child when watching films or reading comics and books. So far he has written four books in a series called Gli Invisibili edited by De Agostini Editore (www.deagostini.it): Il segreto di Misty Bay, La strega di Dark Falls, Il castello di Doom Rock and L’enigma di Gaia. He has also published the novel Acqua tagliente (De Agostini, 2008) and the short story La leggenda della masca Ciattalina in the collection Tantestorie (Ega Editore, 2004).

For more information about the author, please visit www.giovannidelponte.com.


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