Key facts
- Born
- ( 1942-09-28 ) September 28, 1942 (age 83) , Montclair, New Jersey , U.S.
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Nationality
- American, Swiss (since 2020)
- Period
- 1992–present
- Genre
- Crime fiction
- Notable works
- Death at La Fenice
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Margaret
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Montclair
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- American English
- Field of work
- detective fiction
- Genre
- crime literature
- Image
- Donna Leon by Kubik.JPG
- Work location
- Val Müstair
- Residence
- Val Müstair
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- interested in
- opera
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
- Commons category
- Donna Leon
- date of birth
- 1942-09-28
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Donna Leon (/ˈliːɒn/; born September 28, 1942) is the American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice, Italy, featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti. The novels are written in English and have been translated into many foreign languages, although – at Leon's request – not into Italian, as she formerly lived there, still visits monthly, and prefers not to have recognition in the country.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Donna Leon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.