Camilla Trinchieri
# Camilla Trinchieri

Camilla Trinchieri (born 1942) is an Italian-American mystery writer and novelist. She has published under three names: Camilla Trinchieri, Trella Crespi, and Camilla T. Crespi.

## Biography

Daughter of an Italian diplomat and an American expatriate from Panama, she worked in the Italian film industry before moving to New York City in 1980. She became a U.S. citizen in 1997.

Trinchieri, a graduate of Barnard College and Columbia University, published her first novel, The Trouble with a Small Raise, in 1991. In 2017, she won the Italian American Studies Association Book Award for Seeking Alice, published in 2016.

