Marco Vallarino

He was born in Imperia in 1977. 
At 21 he published his first book Ombre (tr. Shadows, Dominici Editore, 1998), a collection of short stories ranging from science fiction to noir, which has had very good reviews. 
In 1998 he was finalist at Courmayeur Prize with the novelette "Il sopravvissuto" (tr. "The survivor"), published in Ombre. In 2001 he was second at Italia Prize with the short story "Onde" (tr. "Waves"), published in the magazine Futuro Europa, the "european science fiction review". 
His short stories have been published in anthologies and magazines by Addictions, Stampa Alternativa, Fanucci, Perseo, Keltia, Ghost, Kipple. He's a contributor to various newspapers and magazines, such as Il Secolo XIX and M-Rivista del mistero. He has taken part in broadcast transmissions and in national and international events, like the Courmayeur Noir in Festival and the Turin Book Fair. 
He's a member of alosi.it, the worldwide acknowledged independent writers' online literary agency. He lives in Imperia, where he has an intense activity as organizer of cultural events. He's represented in Italy and elsewhere by Roberta Oliva Literary Agency, Milan.

Click here to read his two short stories in Alosi.it

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Collections

• Ombre, Dominici Editore, 1998

• Atlantide, su Cleaver Stephen King’s Magazine, n. 5.1, 1999; su Nuovi Mondi, n. 7, 2000
• Onde, in Il mare nei racconti liguri, Centro Editoriale Imperiese, 1999
• Buio, su Avatar, n. 1, Kipple Officina Libraria, 2000
• La coda del diavolo, su Nuovi Mondi, n. 7, 2000
• Killer, in Ombre, Dominici Editore, 1998; in Cittą violenta, Addictions, 2000

Home page:

www.fantascienza.net/sfpeople/marco.vallarino/

To contact him, write to marco.vallarino@gmail.com, or

Roberta Oliva Literary Agency