Broken Lives

Cesario Picca (1972) born and bred in Salento (South Italy) thanks to his parents Francesco and Antonia, lives in Bologna. For 25 years he worked as a crime and judicial reporter, but now he devotes his time to his thrillers and his character Rosario Saru Santacroce. He has already published (2005) the juridical essay Ungagged - the developing concept of freedom of the press. His love for thrillers blossomed with Murder in the Tremiti Isles (She, the other and death...) in which the main character is a reporter from Salento, Rosario Saru Santacroce, who will soon be involved in many other intrigues and adventures with the same likeable verve and curiosity. In 2002 Picca was awarded the Piero Passetti prize for ＂chronicler of the year＂. He’s a speaker or moderator at numerous conferences and participates in many radio and television broadcasts.