Carofiglio, Gianrico

Gianrico Carofiglio is an Italian novelist and former judge born and raised in Bari, Apulia. After having passed his law degree, Carofiglio began to work as a prosecutor in Bari in 1986, and he soon became involved in fighting organised crime. He was part of a group of magistrates that tried to take down the local mafia, Sacra Corona, in Bari. It led to the incarceration of a large number of its members. He then worked as a judge in Prato, and in 2007 he was appointed commissioner to the parliamentary anti-mafia commission. He was senator for the Democratic Party between 2008 and 2013. Today, his main occupation is writing. Carofiglio lives in Bari with his wife Francesca. They have two adult sons.