Francesco Trento, writer and screenwriter, has published Crazy for Football – Storia di una sfida davvero pazzesca(Longanesi, 2017), La guerra non era finita (Laterza, 2014), and, with Aureliano Amadei, Venti sigarette a Nassirya(Einaudi, 2005), for which he also wrote the screenplay for the film (20 Cigarettes, Best Film at the 2010 Venice Film Festival, “Controcampo” section). He is the author of many documentaries, including Matti per il calcio, Stessa spiaggia, stesso mare, Crazy for Football (David di Donatello 2017), Come un padre, and the docufiction Brothers in Army. With Leonardo Patrignani, he wrote the storytelling manual for young people No Spoiler – La mappa segreta di tutte le storie(DeAgostini, 2020).

He founded the charitable writing school Come si scrive una grande storia, which, with its free Friday lessons, has generated more than 175,000 euros in donations to dozens of non-profit organizations.