Danilo Arona is an Italian

Italy

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 writer, journalist

Journalism

Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...

, freelance writer and essayist, born in Alessandria

Alessandria

-Monuments:* The Citadel * The church of Santa Maria di Castello * The church of Santa Maria del Carmine * Palazzo Ghilini * Università del Piemonte Orientale-Museums:* The Marengo Battle Museum...

, Piedmont

Piedmont

Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...

, where he currently lives.

He has also been involved for years with fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 literature and cinema

Film

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, and has followed any reference or appearance of fantasy in the news and in Italian society.

Essays

• Guida al fantacinema, Gammalibri
• Guida al cinema horror, Ripostes
• Nuova guida al fantacinema - La maschera, la carne, il contagio, Puntozero
• Tutte storie - Immaginario italiano e leggende contemporanee, Costa & Nolan 1994
• Vien di notte l'Uomo Nero - Il cinema di Stephen King
  Stephen King
  Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
  
  , Falsopiano 1997
• Satana ti vuole, Corbaccio
• Possessione mediatica, Marco Tropea Editore, 1998
• Wes Craven
  Wes Craven
  Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven is an American actor, film director, writer, producer, perhaps best known as the director of many horror films, particularly slasher films, including the famed A Nightmare on Elm Street and Wes Craven's New Nightmare, featuring the iconic Freddy Krueger character, the...
  
   - Il buio oltre la siepe, Falsopiano, 1999

Novels

Arona has also written a number of fanta-noir

Film noir

Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s...

novels, all set in Italy, including:

• La penombra del gufo, Amnesia
• Un brivido sulla schiena del Drago, Amnesia
• La pianura fa paura, Editoriale AGP
• Il vento urla Mary, PuntoZero
• Rock, Solid Books 2002
• L'ombra del dio alato, Marco Tropea, 2003
• L'esorcista, il cinema, il mito, Falsopiano, 2003
• Palo Mayombe, Dario Flaccovio, 2004
• La stazione del dio del suono, Larcher, 2004
• Cronache di Bassavilla, Dario Flaccovio, 2006
• Black Magic Woman, Frilli, 2006
• Finis Terrae, Mondadori, 2007
• Melissa Parker e l'incendio perfetto, Dino Audino, 2007
• Santanta, Perdisa, 2008
• L'estate di Montebuio, Gargoyle Books, 2009
• Ritorno a Bassavilla, Edizioni XII, 2009