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Marina Fiorato - Best-selling author of 'The Glassblower of Murano'...

Marina Fiorato – Best-selling author of ‘The Glassblower of Murano’…

Marina Fiorato is half-Venetian. She was born in Manchester and raised in the Yorkshire Dales.

She is a history graduate of Oxford University and the University of Venice, where she specialized in the study of Shakespeare’s plays as an historical source.

After University she studied art and since worked as an illustrator, actress and film reviewer.

She also designed tour visuals for rock bands including U2 and the Rolling Stones.

She was married on the Grand Canal and lives in North London with her husband, son and daughter.

Latest Blogs

New book coming out! And even newer one in the works…


Well the new book Daughter of Siena comes out tomorrow in hardback – my first hardback ever, woo hoo! The cover is lovely so I hope it will leap off the shelves.
Also just finished and handed in the new manuscript – very… Read more

Book Launch!

Had a very swanky book launch on Wednesday at the Italian Cultural Institute in Berkeley Square, a really lovely place. It was a very smart affair, champagne all round and a great gathering of family and friends. Once my speech was over (I kept it… Read more

MS handed in! And RNA lunch

OK OK this is really more of a diary than a blog as I don’t really keep it up too well! But my excuse is that I’m genuinely busy writing the books so the blogs get neglected! 2 HUGE weights off my shoulders in the… Read more

Happy New…you know the rest

Well, here we are in 2010, or ‘twenty-ten’ as everyone seems to be calling it. It’s the day after my birthday (I got very spoiled) the TV is full of ads for diets and holidays, people have dumped their Christmas trees on the street (it’s… Read more

Bad blogger

Just realized I’ve not actually mentioned a lovely visit I had to Waterstone’s Bishop’s Stortford…It was on the same night that Nick Griffin was on Question time and I’m happy to report that I had an easier time than he did. A really good discussion… Read more

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@SachaBennett was on the BBC London News last night talking about the film industry. Catch him on iplayer! 1 week ago

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