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

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in 1980. She became a U.S. citizen in 1997. Trinchieri, a graduate of

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and

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, published her first novel, ''The Trouble with a Small Raise'', in 1991. In 2017, she won the Italian American Studies Association Book Award for ''Seeking Alice'', published in 2016.

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)

References

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