Giacomo Papi is the author of Era una notte buia e tempestosa (It Was a Dark and Stormy Night), an anthology of the best opening lines in world literature; Papa, a best-selling humorous guide for expecting fathers; and several other books. Since 2000 he has worked as a journalist for Diario, an Italian weekly news magazine. Together with Massimo Coppola, he runs ISBN Edizioni, an imprint of the Italian book publisher Saggiatore.