Francesco d adamo biography of william

PERSONAL: Male.

ADDRESSES: Home—Milan, Italy.

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Agent—c/o Author Mail, Atheneum Books, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.

CAREER: Writer.

WRITINGS:

FICTION

Lupo Omega, E. Elle, 1999.

Mille pezzi al giorno, E.

Elle, 2000.

Storia di Iqbal, E. Elle, 2001, translation by Ann Lenori published as Iqbal, Atheneum Books for Young Readers (New York, NY), 2003.

Bazar, E. Elle, 2002.

Johnny il seminatore, Fabbri (Italy), 2005.

ADAPTATIONS: Iqbal was adapted as an audiobook, Recorded Books, 2004.

SIDELIGHTS: Italian writer Francesco D'Adamo is the author of adult noir fiction and several books for young adults.

Translated for English-speaking readers, his teen novel Iqbal is based on the life, and death, of Iqbal Masih, a Pakistani boy who from the age of seven worked as a bonded child laborer in Lahore carpet factories. Eventually, Iqbal was given the chance to tell his story to the world, traveling to the United States