List of Famous Capricorns

Marcello Fois is an Italian writer. He was born in Nuoro in Sardinia and studied at the University of Bologna. His first novel Ferro Recente was published in 1989. A prolific author, he has also written scripts for radio, TV, film and theatre. He has won numerous prizes, including:

• 1992 – Premio Italo Calvino for Picta
• 1997 – Premio Dessì for Nulla
• 1998 – Premio Scerbanenco for Sempre caro
• 2002 – Premio Fedeli for Dura madre
• 2007 – Premio Lama e trama
• 2007 – Premio Super Grinzane Cavour for Memoria del vuoto
• 2007 – Premio Volponi for Memoria del vuoto
• 2007 – Premio Alassio Centolibri - Un Autore per l'Europa for Memoria del vuoto

Edward Joseph (Eddie) Friel was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1962. He is a B. Mus. Honours graduate who in 1986 started his professional career as a music teacher. After one year he decided to pursue his talents as a musician and composer in local piano bars at home as well as in Canada and Europe, where he travelled for a year. He has toured with Van Morrison as a piano player and features extensively on Van Morrison's album Hymns to the Silence.