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Viva Italia: An Interview with Laura Morelli, Author of The Giant

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Laura Morelli is the author of four novels set in Renaissance Italy. Her novel The Giant is a compelling tale set in early 16th-century Florence about the creation of the world's most famous sculpture: David by Michelangelo.

Highlights:

Inspiration for The Giant

The role of setting in Morelli's novels

Morelli's background as an art historian

The Gondola Maker and The Painter's Apprentice

Reading from The Giant

Made In Italy travel guides

Online art history courses

Process for writing a novel

Publishing and marketing advice

Morelli's…

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