Francesco Giannoni was born in Florence in 1960. After graduating with a degree in Literature and Philosophy with a thesis in contemporary history, he worked in publishing for over thirty years. As a freelance journalist, editor and photographer, he collaborates with publishing houses and newspapers. He is the author of Il Viale dei Colli a Firenze (Florence Art, 2016), Terme in Toscana (Moroni editore, 2017), La Maratona di Firenze. I protagonisti (Mauro Pagliai Editore, 2019), C’era una volta l’Ataf. I fiorentini e la loro città in un insolito ritratto (SEF, 2020), Le 100 Fontane di Firenze. Dall’acqua del Granduca a quella del Sindaco (Florence Art, 2021) and Storie sul bus. Avventure e disavventure dei passeggeri dell’Ataf (SEF, 2021). In 2018 he curated “Quei lontani sogni cattivi”. Memorie di un prigioniero toscano della Grande Guerra and wrote I racconti della sfiga in 2023.