Giuliano Empoli

Giuliano da Empoli is an Italian-Swiss political scientist, novelist, and former political adviser whose work explores the intersection of power, technology, and populism in contemporary politics. His novel The Wizard of the Kremlin, a fictional account inspired by the real-life Kremlin adviser Vladislav Surkov, became an international bestseller and was praised for its chilling portrayal of how modern authoritarian regimes manufacture reality. Da Empoli draws on his own experience in Italian politics to create fiction that reads with the authority of insider knowledge. His books and audiobooks offer listeners gripping political fiction that illuminates how power really works in the twenty-first century.