Joe Giampaolo was born in 1963 in Rome, Italy, and moved to Canada as a teenager. He studied philosophy at York University. He speaks Italian and English and studied French, Spanish, Latin, and ancient Greek. Joe has a passion for fountain pens, mountain bikes, cooking, travelling, and the theatre. He lives in Toronto with his family and their two dogs, Suka and Buddy.Joe writes both fiction and non-fiction books about 19th-century England. The Hampshire Stories Series is divided into two sections: Essays, andNovellas and Short Tales.In this collection, readers will find delightful Regency romances, Victorian dramas, gothic tales, ghost stories and essays about the literature of this period. Joe has also published a collection of poems with the title of Deep Craving.

Joe’s favourite 19^thcentury authors are Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, Gustave Flaubert and Thomas Hardy. Favourite contemporary authors include Margaret Atwood, Umberto Eco, Italo Calvino, Gabriel García Márquez, Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges.

Essays:

• The Reader’s Companion to the Hampshire Stories Series, Life and Literature in Nineteenth-Century England

-Five-Star Seal, Readers’ Favorite, 2021

-An Amazon #1 Bestseller in the USA and Canada (In several categories)

-An Amazon Top 100 Bestseller in the UK and Italy (In several categories)

• The Reader’s Companion to the World of Jane Austen

-2022 Indies Today Book Awards, Finalist

-An Amazon #1 Bestseller in the USA, the UK and Canada

(Romantic and Gothic Literary Criticism)

-Five-Star Recommendation Badge, Indies Today

Historical Romance:

• Hampshire Stories: A Collection of Tales Set in 19^th Century England

-Gold Medal Winner, Literary Titan, 2020 Book Awards

-Bronze Medal Winner, 2022 Global Book Awards

-An Amazon Top 100 Bestseller in the USA, Canada and Italy (In several categories)

• The Farmer’s Daughter: A Regency Romance

-Five-Star Seal, Readers’ Favorite, 2021

-An Amazon Top 100 Bestseller in the USA, the UK, Canada and Italy (In several categories)

• The Master of Emmet Manor: A Regency Romance

-An Amazon Top 100 Bestseller in the USA, Canada and Italy (In several categories).

Collections:

• The Hampshire Stories Series, Deluxe Edition, Volumes I, II & III
• The Eldritch Chronicles, Wrath of the Sentinel & Other Ghost Tales

Poetry:

 Deep Craving, A Collection of Poems

-Literary Titan Book Awards, Gold Medal, March 2023

-An Amazon Top 100 Bestseller in Canada and Italy (Poetry, English)