Yes, that’s one of the most surprising elements of the book. I’m a CSI fan, and a couple of years before writing this story, I was playing with the idea of a British forensics detective who didn’t follow the law, which is exactly what you (almost) never see with the main characters in the various CSI series. What was the inspiration for THE MENT OR ? I’m one of the few independent fiction authors in Italy currently living off of their writing.
Two more novels were published in Italian in 2015.Īs you can see, I’m quite a prolific writer. Before the end of the same year, I finally published L’isola di Gaia, after a long editing process. It was originally published in Italian (IL MENTORE) in May 2014 and immediately started selling very well-so well that in September 2014 Amazon Publishing requested that I sell the English translation rights. Instead, my adventure in the publishing industry started in 20, when I wrote and self-published a hard science fiction series set on Mars titled Red Desert (the original title is Deserto rosso, but this series is also available in English), which became a Kobo and Amazon bestseller in Italy. It took me nearly three years to finish that first draft and then I put it aside for a long while. I’m a science fiction and thriller fan, so I started writing a cyberpunk techno-thriller titled L’isola di Gaia ( The Isle of Gaia). My first attempt to write original fiction dates back to 2009. You began your writing journey with screenplays and fan fiction. Monticelli took time from her busy schedule to answer some questions for The Big Thrill about her writing-and especially about THE MENTOR.
Her sixth and latest book, THE MENTOR, features a Scotland Yard detective who is both moral and morally flawed, a dichotomy that drives the narrative and gives the story dimension. Her novels, all of which were originally written in Italian, include L’isola di Gaia ( The Isle of Gaia), Affinità d’intenti ( Kindred Intentions), Per caso ( By Chance), and a science fiction series, Deserto rosso (Red Desert), set on Mars.
As one might expect from a woman who writes in multiple genres, her reading tastes are eclectic, ranging from Little Women to The Silence of the Lambs.Īlthough her degree is in biology, Monticelli works as a researcher, scientific and literary translator, freelance web copywriter, and author. Today, the pacing she learned from these iconic films is reflected in her novels. From there, she progressed to fan fiction based on movies-in fact, her first novel was a piece inspired by The Mummy. As a longtime lover of cinema, Italian author Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli began her writing journey with screenplays.
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