Massimo Mongai

Born in Rome, by the age of 12, Massimo Mongai was a dedicated reader of science fiction. He graduated in law. According to the biography printed in many of his books, his influences include the science-fiction writers Isaac Asimov, A. E. van Vogt, Poul Anderson and Philip José Farmer and the crime writers Rex Stout and Andrea Camilleri. ==Works==

In 1997, Mongai wrote ''Memorie di un cuoco d'astronave''. This blend of space saga and cooking manual won Italy's Urania Award. His other books include Il gioco degli immortali, Tette e pistole, Memorie di un cuoco di un bordello spaziale, Cronache non ufficiali di due spie italiane, Il Fascio sulle stelle di Benito Mussolini and Alienati, a novel about an inter-planetary convention of psychoanalysts. Mongai also worked on the Italian magazine Il Falcone Maltese, dedicated to crime fiction, known in Italy as giallo. • List of crime writers • List of Italian writers • List of people from Rome • List of science-fiction writers ==References==