The Authors

Authors of  The Little Blue are…

ZACHARY NOWAK

is from a small town in upstate New York. Wanderlust carried him to bilingual Bolzano for a year and Vienna for another before he found his way to Perugia. His interests include the history of American foreign policy, petroleum depletion, forest gardening, viticulture, etymology (really) and corny jokes. He works for the Umbra Institute, as the coordinator of the food studies program, runs Green Door Publishing, and putters in his vineyard in his spare time. He printed the first version of the guide in August 2002: a whopping twenty copies.

ALAN WHYKES

is an Australian, for want of a better description or another passport, who lived in Perugia for several years and occasionally threatens to return. His published works includes poems, short stories, essays, and journalistic articles on a wide range of subjects. He’s often to be found standing on his balcony watching the sky keenly for signs of snow. His interests include making lists of words, sustainability and Gaelic sports. He joined the Little Blue project as an interested observer in mid-2004 and gradually began adding bits of text and teaching Zach how to write E-n-g-l-i-s-h. It’s still Zach’s baby really but Alan just loves to push the pram.

FRANKIE WALSH

hails from the great state of Massachusetts and attends Stonehill College. She came to the Umbra Institute in 2011 to study. Frankie is a travel addict, having visited 18 countries so far. She is a Religious Studies major and plans to go to graduate school in the UK or Ireland to explore WWII history. After falling in love with Perugia, she demanded that she contribute to the Little Blue, which she refers to as Perugia’s Bible. Frankie edits the site, writes articles about Perugia’s current events, and calls herself the intern (whether Mauro likes it or not).

WEB EDITING

Sophie Schechter

Frankie Walsh

WEB PROJECT by MAURO RENNA