Bruno Morchio

Bruno Morchio lives in Genoa, Italy, where he worked as a psychologist. He has written twelve novels and numerous short stories featuring the character of private investigator Bacci Pagano.

He has won two literary prizes for the mystery genre, the Azzeccagarbugli and the Lomellina in Giallo Prizes, and was a finalist for the Bancarella, the Scerbanenco and the Romiti Prizes.

With Un piede in due scarpe (A foot in two shoes, 2017), a mystery novel set in 1992, he ventured in the black comedy genre and earned the Special Mention of the jury of the Scerbanenco Prize. In 2019 he won the La Quercia del Myr di San Giacomo di Roburent Prize as Best Mystery Author of the Year.

The German Client (originally titled Rossoamaro) won the Azzeccagarbugli Prize for Best Mystery Novel in Italy. Published by Kazabo Publishing, this novel marks the first appearance in English of this best-selling Italian author.