Sandro Martini

Sandro Martini has worked as a word monkey on three continents. He's the author of Tracks: Racing the Sun, an award-winning historical novel, and the bestseller, Ciao, Amore, Ciao. He grew up in Africa to immigrant parents, studied law in Italy, chased literary dreams in London, hustled American dollars in New York City, and is now hiding out in Switzerland, where he moonlights as a Comms guy and tries hard not to speak German. You can find him either uber-driving his daughter, chasing faster cars on the autobahn, or swimming in Lake Zurich with a cockapoo named Tintin.

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  • CIAO, AMORE, CIAO

    “Martini’s storytelling is vivid and gripping, and his writing reads like lean, muscular poetry”
    —Kirkus Reviews

  • TRACKS: RACING THE SUN

    “ ‘Tracks’ is written in a romantic, nostalgic tone, almost with a film noir feel ... tasty ... an eye-opener.”
    —The New York Times

  • TRACKS: RACING THE SUN

    "[...] a monumental achievement that brings to life the motor racing experience of Italy and Germany during the first half of the twentieth century.” —Readers' Favorite

    Best Sports Book of the Year Winner

  • CIAO, AMORE, CIAO

    “Vivid and chilling, this is a riveting tale of the horrors of war”
    —Sublime Reviews

  • CIAO, AMORE, CIAO

    “Martini’s taut prose provides a haunting glimpse into the psychological scars of conflict”
    —Prairie Reviews

  • TRACKS: RACING THE SUN

    "Every fan of motor racing should read this book. How the legendary Italian drivers of the past forged the sport we love today with blood and bone.”

    —Mario Andretti

  • CIAO, AMORE, CIAO

    “The result is profoundly moving and thought-provoking.”

    —IndieReader

  • TRACKS: RACING THE SUN

    "Martini writes about the dawn of motor racing, a violent and treacherous sport where men serviced their addiction to speed and etched their names in history with blood. Enjoy riding with the greats, it's a rush."

    —Ben Collins aka Top Gear's The Stig

  • TRACKS: RACING THE SUN

    "If you love motor racing, this is definitely the book for you. Martini has written a gripping novel set in the 1930s when competition was strong between motor racing heroes of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany."

    —IMDb

  • TRACKS: RACING THE SUN

    "Meticulously researched, beautifully crafted, and a captivating read from beginning to end, Tracks: Racing the Sun focuses on the men and women plying their trade and skills in the early days of motor racing, and is breathtakingly told against a rich background of Il Duce’s Italy and Hitler’s Germany."

    —The Historical Novel Society