Gaetano Savatteriwas born in Milan in 1964, raised in Sicily and lives Rome. A journalist, he has also written novels and non-fiction. He is the author of the hit series, published by Sellerio, based on the protagonists Saverio Lamanna and Peppe Piccionello. He is also the author of I siciliani (2005), a long-standing success, and Non c’è più la Sicilia di una volta (2018), and the editor of Potere criminale. Intervista sulla storia della mafia di Salvatore Lupo(2010) and Il contagio by Giuseppe Pignatone and Michele Prestipino (2012), all published by Laterza.