X-Nico

Melissa Panarello

In that same year a film was also made about her first novel, titled Melissa P., produced by Francesca Neri and directed by Luca Guadagnino.

•

In 2003 she became famous for authoring the erotic novel, 100 colpi di spazzola prima di andare a dormire (translated into English by Lawrence Venuti as One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed, 2004).

•

In April 2006, she published a third book, titled In nome dell'amore (In the Name of Love), presented as an open letter to Camillo Ruini in which she accuses the Catholic Church of interfering in the Italian political scene and advocates secularism in the country.

see also