# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mario-spezi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:15:54.432Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mario-spezi"
name: "Mario Spezi"
slug: "mario-spezi"
description: "Mario Spezi was an Italian journalist, author, illustrator, and caricaturist. He wrote the non-fiction true crime books Dolci Colline di Sangue (2006) and Il Mostro di Firenze (1983). He was a co-author in the book The Monster of Florence A True Story (2008) with American author Douglas Preston. Additionally, he was credited by Preston for providing details used in the novel Brimstone."
tagline: "Italian journalist and author (1945–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mario_Spezi_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1945-07-30"
deathDate: "2016-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.162097333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1529988/"
    handle:    "nm1529988"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mario_Spezi"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%89"
    title: "ماريو سپيزى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%B8"
    title: "Марио Специ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Spezi"
    title: "Mario Spezi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Spezi"
    title: "Mario Spezi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Spezi"
    title: "Mario Spezi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Spezi"
    title: "Mario Spezi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1438788"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump