NICCOL? AMMANITI was born in Rome in 1966. He has written three novels and a collection of short stories. His first novel, I ll Steal you Away, was longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. He won the prestigious Italian Viareggio- R?paci Literary Prize for Fiction for his bestselling novel I m Not Scared, which has been translated into thirty-five languages. As God Commands received the Premio Strega Prize in 2007. Visit him online at www.niccoloammaniti.it/eng.