Antonio D’Alfonso is the author of over thirty books. He founded Guernica Editions in 1978 where he published over 900 authors and 475 books. He now earns his living as a writer, literary translator, filmmaker, and scriptwriter. His first novel, Fabrizio’s Passion (Guernica Editions, 1995) won the Bressani Award. His second novel Un vendredi du mois d’août (Leméac, 2004) won the Trillium Award. His third novel, L’Aimé (2007), won the Christine Dimitriu Van Saanen Award. He shares his time in Montreal and with his daughter in Toronto.