Pierdomenico Baccalario (born 6 March 1974) is an Italian author of children's and young adult fiction, best known for his ''

Ulysses Moore '' Ulysses Moore '' is a series of adventure books written by the Italian author Pierdomenico Baccalario. The plot of the series centers on the fictional village of Kilmore Cove and its Doors of Time. The book has been published by Scholastic Cor ...

'' series that sold more than 10 million copies worldwide.

Biography

Pierdomenico Baccalario was born in

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, 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

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, andt 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

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for author's writing for children (age 11+).

Bibliography

Novels

Stand-alone novels

* '' La Strada del Guerriero'' (

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) * '' L'ombra del corvo'' (Piemme) * '' La Bibbia in 365 racconti'' (2004) ( Paoline) * '' La mosca di rame'' (2005) (Paoline) * '' I mastrodonti'' (2006) (Paoline) * '' Pesci Volanti'' (with Elena Peduzzi) (2007) ( Fanucci) * '' Amaro dolce Amore'' (with Elena Peduzzi) (2008) (Fanucci) * '' Il principe della città di sabbia'' (with

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and

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) (2008) (

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) * '' Il popolo di Tarkaan'' (2009) (Piemme) * ''

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'' (2010) (Fanucci) * '' Il Codice dei Re'' (2010) (Piemme) * ''

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'' (2011) (

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) * '' Maydala Express'' (with

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) (2011) (Piemme) * ''

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'' (2011) (Piemme)

''La Clessidra''

Published by De Agostini. *2002: '' Verso la nuova frontiera'' *2002: '' Al di là degli oceani'' *2002: '' Il mistero dell'Everest'' *2002: '' Il Signore dell'Orda'' *2003: '' La fortezza degli angeli'' *2004: '' La regina della tavola rotonda''

''
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''

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

.''Pronti... partenza... crash!''
Luca Azzolini, ''Fantasy Magazine'', 21 September 2009 *2005: '' Pronti... partenza... crash!'' *2005: '' Attenti al guru!'' *2005: '' Salsicce e misteri'' *2005: '' Tutti addosso al drago rosso!'' *2005: '' Quando il bomber fa cilecca...'' *2005: '' Pecore alla deriva'' *2006: '' Faccia di menta'' *2006: '' Chi ha paura del Candy Circle?'' *2006: '' Paura a Gravenstein Castle'' *2008: '' Il tempio degli scorpioni di smeraldo''

''Century''

Published by Piemme. English translation published by

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. *2006: ''Ring of Fire'' (it. ''L'anello di fuoco'') *2007: ''Star of Stone'' (it. ''La stella di pietra'') *2007: ''City of Wind'' (it. ''La città del vento'') *2008: ''Dragon of Seas'' (it. ''La prima sorgente'')

''I Classicini''

Rewrites of classical novels, published by Edizioni EL. * '' L'isola del tesoro'' (''

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'') * '' Il richiamo della foresta'' (''

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'')

Anthologies

*2009: ''

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'' ( Asengard Editore)

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

* '' Zombie Family'' ( Pixel Dna) * '' Candy Circle'' pilot episode (with Alessandro Gatti and

)

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baccalario, Pierdomenico Living people Italian male writers 1974 births People from Acqui Terme