Camilla Trinchieri

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Camilla Trinchieri
Born1942 (age 81–82)
Other names
  • Trella Crespi
  • Camilla T. Crespi
Education
OccupationWriter
AwardsItalian American Association Book Award 2017
Websitehttp://www.camillatrinchieri.com/

Camilla Trinchieri (born 1942) is an Italian-American mystery writer and novelist. She has published under three names: Camilla Trinchieri, Trella Crespi, and Camilla T. Crespi.

Biography

Daughter of an Italian diplomat and an American expatriate from Panama, she worked in the Italian film industry before moving to New York City in 1980. She became a U.S. citizen in 1997.[1]

Trinchieri, a graduate of Barnard College and Columbia University, published her first novel, The Trouble with a Small Raise, in 1991.[1] In 2017, she won the Italian American Studies Association Book Award for Seeking Alice, published in 2016.[2]

Bibliography

As Camilla Trinchieri:

  • The Price of Silence (2007)
  • Seeking Alice (2016)

The Tuscan Mystery Series

  • Murder in Chianti (2020)
  • The Bitter Taste of Murder (2021)
  • Murder on the Vine (2022)

As Trella Crespi: (Simona Griffo Mystery Series)

  • The Trouble with a Small Raise (1991)
  • The Trouble with Moonlighting (1991)
  • The Trouble with Too Much Sun (1992)

As Camilla T. Crespi:

  • The Trouble with Thin Ice (1993)
  • The Trouble with Going Home (1995)
  • The Trouble with a Bad Fit: A Novel of Food, Fashion and Mystery (1996)
  • The Trouble with a Hot Summer (1997)
  • The Breakfast Club Murder (2014)[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Biography in Context: Camilla T. Crespi". Contemporary Authors Online. Gale. 2008. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "Italian American Studies Association Book Award". Italian American Studies Association. 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  3. ^ "Biography in Context: Camilla Trinchieri". The Writers Directory. St. James Press. 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2019.