Cristiano Armati (Rome, November 2, 1974) is a writer, freelance editor and journalist, translator and consultant from Rome, Italy.His best-selling books including "Roma Criminale" (Newton Compton, 2005), "Italia criminale" (Newton Compton, 2006), "Rospi acidi e baci con la lingua" (Coniglio, 2007), "Cuori Rossi" (Newton Compton, 2008), "Roma noir" (Newton Compton, 2009), "Cose che gli aspiranti scrittori farebbero meglio a non fare ma che invece fanno" (Perrone, 2011), "L'amore che ho cercato" (Perrone, 2012) span booth fiction and non-finction. Like journalist, Cristiano's work has been published on some importants italian magazine such as "Il Messaggero", "Liberazione", "Il Venerdì della Repubblica" and "Il Fatto Quotidiano".Cristiano Armati has been a scout, senior editor and editor-at-large for Newton Compton, Rome, Italy, since the mid-2000s. He has introduced Italian readers to an eclectic mix of foreign authors and young Italian writers. In 2007 started to work like editor even for the newborn Purple Press. From 2009 to november 2011 he is been editorial director at Castelvecchi Editore and, from 2011 to april 2013, editor in chief at Giulio Perrone Editore.Actually he is editorial director at Red Star Press.Specialties: Work on people's desire to promote the book's desire