Giampaolo Simi is a novelist and a screenplay writer. He wrote the script of the TV series RIS, RIS Roma and the Rai 2 TV movie Luce del Nord, based on one of his stories published in the anthology Crimini italiani by Einaudi and directed by Stefano Sollima. Among his novels: Cosa resta di noi (Sellerio, 2015, winner of the Premio Scerbanenco 2015), Come una famiglia (Sellerio, 2018, winner of the Premio Selezione Bancarella 2019), L’estate di Piera (Rizzoli, 2020, a novel co-authored with Piera Degli Esposti), the re-edition of Rosa elettrica (Sellerio, 2021, first published by Einaudi Stile Libero). Based on the latter, a TV show for Sky by Cross Production is currently in the making. His most recent novels are Sarà assente l’autore (Sellerio, 2023) and Il cliente di riguardo (Sellerio, 2023). His works have been translated into French and German.