Laura Morelli
{{short description|American novelist}}
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Laura Morelli is an American art historian and a USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction set mostly in Italy. {{Cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/21/the-night-portrait/2444877/isbn/9780062993588 |title=USA Today Books | date=4 February 2021 |publisher=USA Today}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20101122-travelwise-the-art-of-haggling |title=The art of haggling |last=Sood |first=Suemedha |date=24 November 2010 |publisher=BBC}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.costcoconnection.com/connection/200802/u1=issues?pg=82#pg82 |title=Handmande heaven |year=2008 |publisher=Costco Connection}}
Career
After beginning a career teaching art history at the college level, Laura Morelli began to capture stories of traditional artisans across Italy.{{cite web|title=How to Find Italy's Authentic Handmade Treasures: Interview with Art Historian Laura Morelli|url=http://www.italoamericano.org/story/2016-2-29/handmade-treasures|website=italoamericano.org|publisher=L'Italo-Americano|accessdate=12 May 2016}}{{cite web|title=Total Tuscany Pocast Episode 36: Interview with Laura Morelli|url=http://totaltuscany.podbean.com/e/episode-36-laura-morelliauthentic-artisians/|website=podbean.com|publisher=Podbean|accessdate=8 September 2016}} Morelli has been a Contributing Editor to National Geographic Traveler and has written for USA Today, Departures, and other travel publications.{{cite web|title=Black Book: Rome|url=http://www.departures.com/travel/black-book/rome|publisher=Departures Magazine|accessdate=12 May 2016}}{{cite web|title=10 Great Places to Be a Tourist--And a Shopper|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/printedition/life/20070928/dd_great28.art.htm|website=usatoday.com|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=12 May 2016}} She also contributes lessons to TED-Ed.{{cite web|title=Corruption, wealth and beauty: The history of the Venetian gondola - Laura Morelli|url=http://ed.ted.com/lessons/corruption-wealth-and-beauty-the-history-of-the-venetian-gondola-laura-morelli|website=ed.ted.com|publisher=TED-Ed|accessdate=13 May 2016}} Her historical fiction focuses on topics of art history.{{cite web|title=A New Way to Ply Her Trade: PW Talks with Laura Morelli|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/pw-select/article/61525-a-new-way-to-ply-her-trade-pw-talks-with-laura-morelli.html|website=publishersweekly.com|publisher=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=12 May 2016}}{{cite web|title=The Gondola Maker|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-9893671-0-3|website=publishersweekly.com|publisher=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=12 May 2016}}{{cite web|title=Made in Italy: A Shopper's Guide to the Best of Italian Tradition|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7893-0875-7|website=publishersweekly.com|publisher=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=12 May 2016}} The Gondola Maker debuted with a starred review in Publishers Weekly. The historical novel earned an IPPY Award and a Benjamin Franklin Digital Award.{{cite web|title=2014 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results|url=http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1794|website=independentpublisher.com|publisher=Independent Publisher|accessdate=12 May 2016}}{{cite web|title=The Gondola Maker|url=http://www.ibpa-bfda.org/publishers/laura-morelli/|website=www.ibpa-bfda.org/|publisher=Independent Book Publisher's Association|accessdate=12 May 2016}}
Bibliography
= Fiction =
- {{cite book | last = Morelli | first = Laura | title = The Keeper of Lost Art | publisher = Harper Collins (William Morrow) | location = | year = 2025 | isbn = 978-0063206014}}
- {{cite book | last = Morelli | first = Laura | title = The Last Masterpiece | publisher = Harper Collins (William Morrow) | location = | year = 2023 | isbn = 978-0063205987}}
- {{cite book | last = Morelli | first = Laura | title = The Stolen Lady: A Novel of WWII & the Mona Lisa | publisher = Harper Collins (William Morrow) | location = | year = 2021 | isbn = 978-0062993595}}
- {{cite book | last = Morelli | first = Laura | title = The Night Portrait: A Novel of WWII & Da Vinci's Italy | publisher = Harper Collins (William Morrow) | location = | year = 2020 | isbn = 978-0062993571}}
- {{cite book | last = Morelli | first = Laura | title = The Giant: A Novel of Michelangelo's David | publisher = The Scriptorium | location = | year = 2020 | isbn = 978-1942467366}}
- {{cite book | last = Morelli | first = Laura | title = The Painter's Apprentice | publisher = The Scriptorium | location = | year = 2017 | isbn = 978-1942778929}}
- {{cite book | last = Morelli | first = Laura | title = Bridge of Sighs | publisher = The Scriptorium | location = | year = 2016 | isbn = 9781942778950}}
- {{cite book | last = Morelli | first = Laura | title = The Tapestry | publisher = The Scriptorium | location = | year = 2015 | isbn = 9781942778998}}
- {{cite book | last = Morelli | first = Laura | title = The Gondola Maker | publisher = Laura Morelli| location = | year = 2014 | isbn = 9780989367127}}
= Nonfiction =
- {{cite book | last = Morelli | first = Laura | title = Made in Naples & the Amalfi Coast | publisher = Authentic Arts Publishing | location = | year = 2015 | isbn = 9781942467083}}
- {{cite book | last = Morelli | first = Laura | title = Artisans of Naples & the Amalfi Coast | publisher = | location = | year = 2016 | isbn = 9781942467113}}
- {{cite book | last = Morelli | first = Laura | title = Made in Venice | publisher = Laura Morelli| location = | year = 2015 | isbn = 9780989367134}}
- {{cite book | last = Morelli | first = Laura | title = Artisans of Venice | publisher = | location = | year = 2015 | isbn = 9780989367189}}
- {{cite book | last = Morelli | first = Laura | title = Made in Florence | publisher = Authentic Arts| location = | year = 2015 | isbn = 9781942467021}}
- {{cite book | last = Morelli | first = Laura | title = Artisans in Florence | publisher = | location = | year = 2015 | isbn = 9781942467052}}
- {{cite book | last = Morelli | first = Laura | title = Made in France | publisher =Rizzoli / Universe | location = | year = 2008 | isbn = 9780789316905}}
- {{cite book | last = Morelli | first = Laura | title = Made in the Southwest | publisher =Rizzoli / Universe | location = | year = 2006 | isbn = 9780789313829}}
- {{cite book | last = Morelli | first = Laura | title = Made in Italy | publisher =Rizzoli / Universe | location = | year =2008 | isbn = 9780789316998}}
Personal life
Morelli was raised on the coast of Georgia. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia and a master's degree in the History of Art & Architecture from Tufts University. She earned a Ph.D. in Art History from Yale University.{{cite web|title=How to Find Italy's Authentic Handmade Treasures: Interview with Art Historian Laura Morelli|url=http://www.italoamericano.org/story/2016-2-29/handmade-treasures|website=italoamericano.org|publisher=L'Italo-Americano|accessdate=12 May 2016}}
References
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External links
- [https://lauramorelli.com/ Official website]
- [https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-morelli-ph-d-b3b37b57/Linkedin]
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Novelists from Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:American art historians
Category:University of Georgia alumni
Category:Tufts University alumni
Category:Yale University alumni
Category:American women art historians
Category:21st-century American historians
Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:Historians from Georgia (U.S. state)