About

 

Author Rita Charbonnier. Photo by Tony Zecchinelli.

Welcome to my blog!

I’m Rita Charbonnier, author of Mozart’s Sister: A Novel. The book was published first in my mother tongue, Italian, and then translated into German, Dutch, Spanish, French, and English (Three Rivers Press, paperback edition). It tells the fascinating story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s older sister, Nannerl–whose talent may have equaled her brother’s.

I was born and live in Italy, in Rome. Before dedicating myself entirely to writing (I also work as a script writer) I was a musical theater actress for 12 years. I went to drama school in Sicily (see this post) and followed some courses in New York, where I took part in a musical at NYU.

Feel free to visit Rita Charbonnier online for more information about my writing and the wonderful Nannerl Mozart.

Mozart's Sister: A Novel

Mozart’s Sister is my first novel. My second historical novel, La strana giornata di Alexandre Dumas (Alexander Dumas’ Strange Day), is now out in Italy, published by Edizioni Piemme. The story is set in France, Italy, and England at the end of the 1700s and beginning of 1800s; it centers on a woman in search of her own identity. The great writer Alexander Dumas père, author of The Three Musketeers, has an important role in it. My third book Le due vite di Elsa (The two lives of Elsa), that involves Anita Garibaldi, came out in Italy in May 2011.

If you have any questions or comments I’d love to hear from you; just fill in the form on my main site. Thanks.