VenturaValerio Ventura is a multi-award-winning artist and a 2014 Prime-Time Emmy award recipient with more than thirty years of experience in the film industry.Born in Rome, Italy, Ventura grew up on the stressed-out and crime-ridden streets of the Quadrar neighborhood, near the Cinecitta Film Studios where Fellini and Sergio Leone made cinematic history. As a teen, Ventura dreamed of coming to the US. After moving to California and becoming a US citizen, he devoted himself to art directing animated shows, and writing and directing television commercials and music videos. Now he's decided to write and publish his own visual art books and novels.In this first novel, KILLHER The Akira Files Book 1, Ventura explores the world of assassins with razor-sharp action, hyperviolence, sex, dark humor, and urban poetry. Read More Read Less