Camilla Trinchieri

Camilla Trinchieri worked for many years dubbing films in Rome with directors including Federico Fellini, Pietro Germi, Franco Rossi, Lina Wertmüller and Luchino Visconti. She immigrated to the US in 1980 and received her MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University. Under the pseudonym Camilla Crespi, she has published eight mysteries. As Camilla Trinchieri, she has published The Price of Silence and Seeking Alice, a fictionalized account of her mother’s life in Europe during WWII.

Trinchieri's new novel isMurder in Pitigliano, the fifth title in her Tuscan mystery series.

Recently I asked the author about what she was reading. Her reply:

After devouring Philip Miller’s The Goldenacre I am reading The Hollow Tree, the second book of his Shona Sandison Investigation series which takes place in Scotland, Miller’s home. Shona, a journalist whose newspaper has folded, attends a wedding where a guest commits. Shona wants to know why and investigates. The story is gripping but what adds to the pleasure of reading Miller is the strength of his writing. He immerses me in his world, let’s me see and feel the characters and paints their surroundings with his poet’s eye. I am there with Shona. The third one in the Shona series is coming out soon. I will read that one as soon as I finish The Hollow Tree.

Visit Camilla Trinchieri's website.

Q&A with Camilla Trinchieri.

The Page 69 Test: Murder in Pitigliano.

Writers Read: Camilla Trinchieri (July 2025).

--Marshal Zeringue