John Dickie is Professor of Italian Studies at University College London. He is an internationally recognised specialist on many aspects of Italian history and his books have been translated into well over twenty languages. His history of the Sicilian mafia, Cosa Nostra, has sold a million copies and was hailed in Italy as the best book ever written on the mafia. His other books include Delizia!, Mafia Brotherhoods, Mafia Republic and The Craft. He has also reached an international TV audience by writing and presenting documentaries.
John has lectured at police training colleges in Italy, and he is an advisor to the anti-mafia organisations Trame and MuST23. In 2005 the President of the Italian Republic appointed him a Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana.
