ABOUT ALESSANDRO D'AVENIA
Italian writer, screenwriter and teacher known for his best-selling 2010 debut novel White as Milk, Red as Blood. In 2013, the book was adapted into a film of the same name.
He attended Sapienza University of Rome where he earned a degree in Classic Letters.
His debut novel is considered Italy's version of The Fault in Our Stars, which was written by John Green .
His sister is a photographer named Marta D'Avenia.
His film White as Milk, Red as Blood starred Gaia Weiss and Aurora Ruffino .
