Fruttero & Lucentini was the usual way for Carlo Fruttero

Carlo Fruttero

Carlo Fruttero is an Italian writer, journalist, translator and editor of anthologies. He is mostly known for his joint work with Franco Lucentini, especially as authors of crime novels...

 and Franco Lucentini

Franco Lucentini

Franco Lucentini was an Italian writer, journalist, translator and editor of anthologies. His novel The Sunday Woman, which was also made into a film, 1976, with Marcello Mastroianni and Jacqueline Bisset.- Biography :...

 to sign their joint work, including novels, short stories, articles, anthologies. Their most successful works include the mysteries La donna della domenica, turned into a movie directed by Luigi Comencini

Luigi Comencini

Luigi Comencini was an Italian film director. Together with Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli, he was considered among the masters of the commedia all'italiana genre....

, and A che punto è la notte

A che punto è la notte

A che punto è la notte is a mystery novel written by Italian authors Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini in 1979.It was published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, and features the same commissar Santamaria who had been protagonist of the duo's first successful mystery, La donna della domenica...

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They were also editors of the science fiction magazine Urania

Urania (magazine)

Urania is an Italian science fiction magazine published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore since October 10, 1952.-History:The first issue featured the novel The Sands of Mars by Arthur C. Clarke...

, and edited numerous science fiction or horror anthologies for Arnoldo Mondadori Editore

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore is the biggest publishing company in Italy.-History:Founded by the 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori in 1907 to publish the magazine titled Luce!, it soon became an important publisher. Its headquarters are in Milan....

until the mid-1980s.