Biography

Federico Carro is an Italian author known for creating a series of fantasy novels titled, The King of Light, and its spin-off, The Knight of Light. His fantasy work has had several editions in English and has won several awards in the literary and cinematographic fields through numerous Italian and foreign film festivals and competitions. Federico Carro was born on June 15, 1991 in La Spezia and grew up in Vernazza. He spent his days surrounded by the natural landscape between the green hills and the sea, where he spent his childhood painting and drawing. He later enrolled in art high schoo where he developed a deeper connection with art, also discovering his talent for writing. In her last year of high school, her childhood friend suffers an accident, the artist from that tragic event headed mainly towards music. Later Federico began taking singing, arranging, piano and composition lessons, starting his first musical album. Her first song that creates “Come un Lampo" was thus dedicated to her missing friend. After his musical group has decided to separate, Federico decides to continue the musical album in an independent studio in Carrara, named Nautilus Rec Studio. Shortly after, he publishes the full album "Come un Lampo" and completes his book "Il segreto del Verziere". Later he met Marco Stanzani who launched him in the Italian charts with his debut single “Brucerei il fuoco per te". The song became widely famous among Italian radios. During this time, he was contacted by Bentley Records which led to the collaborative release of his second album. Federico works at the same time on his writing and his musical endeavors, collaborating with famous people including Renato Minore, Rai journalist and university professor, with whom he worked on the preface of one of his novels. He launched his third novel in collaboration with James Essinger, who translated his novel into English. He also worked with Jack Binder, a Hollywood producer who has collaborated on several films with various artists including Martin Scorsese. Even now the author continues to write his novels based on his fantasy saga called: "The King of Light".