Barbara Pezzotti

Barbara Pezzotti, PhD (Victoria University of Wellington, NZ), teaches Italian Studies at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. She is also an honorary research associate of the Australasian Centre for Italian Studies (ACIS). She is the author of "Investigating Italy's Past through Crime Fiction, Films and TV Series: Murder in the Age of Chaos" (2016), "Politics and Society in Italian Crime Fiction: An Historical Overview" (2014) and "The Importance of Place in Contemporary Italian Crime Fiction: A Bloody Journey" (2012). She is also co-editor (with sisters in crime Jean Anderson and Carolina Miranda) of two volumes on international crime writing: "Serial Crime Fiction: Dying for More" (2015) and "The Foreign in International Crime Fiction: Transcultural Representations" (2012). She has published journal articles and book chapters on Italian crime fiction and the figure of the detective and the serial killer in New Zealand crime fiction. She lives in New Zealand.

If you want to know about the genesis of "The Importance of Place in Italian Crime Fiction. An Historical overview, please see her blog on "Shots Crime & Thriller ezine": http://wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/politics-and-society-in-italian-crime.html