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Lucille Bellucci was born in Shanghai, China, to an Italian-Dutch-Indonesian father and Chinese mother. AT 18 she moved to Italy and lived there five years. Later she lived 15 years in Brazil. Her short stories and essays have been published in national periodicals and literary journals, and has won eight awards. She resides in Oakland, CA.

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War and revolution in China shaped my early life up to age 18. Italy was an improvement because there was no war but I earned a terrible living for the five years I lived there. San Francisco after that was heaven. Then Brazil, where I found myself a corporate wife. Being hungry in China and Italy was useful only as grist for my books and short stories.

Birth Place: Shanghai,  China

Accomplishments: Eight first-place awards for an essay and short story and many honors. I was a singer in Brazil and didn't get paid but it was fun!
10/07 I will receive the Jack London Award from the CWC (Calif.Writers Club) for my work as chair of the 5th grade writing contest.

     



Books

Pastiche:Stories and Such by Lucille Bellucci
collection of stories, essays and poetry. Several are award winners....
  

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Stone of Heaven by Lucille Bellucci
Sequel to Journey from Shanghai. Rafaella and Mai-yeen emigrate to America. This is the Place! for them. At last they come to rest. But a nasty surprise awaits them....
  

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A Rare Passion by Lucille Bellucci
Passion flares between Linden Bradly, an American biologist, and Cole Dominguez, a Brazilian rancher as Linden rescues and treats animals flooded out by the new dam. Cole metes out justice to a cattle-rustling neighbor....
  

 

Journey from Shanghai by Lucille Bellucci
When her father dies, Rafaella Bardini at age 18 finds herself taking charge of resettling in Italy with her mother, Mai-yeen, who has bound feet and no Italian. Learning and surviving engage all of Rafaella's wit....
  

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The Year of the Rat by Lucille Bellucci
Too soon after WWII and occupation by the Japanese army, Shanghai in 1948 faces occupation by Mao Tse-tung's army. The affluent foreigners believe business will continue as before; hasn't' it always, after every conflict?...
  

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The Snake Woman of Ipanema  by Lucille Bellucci
Every night thousands of terreiros (spirit rituals) take place through Brazil. Maggie Dalton takes a torturous path and risks her soul....
  

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Short Stories

Flying Down to Rio
 by Lucille Bellucci
Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire eat your hearts out...


The Country Squire
 by Lucille Bellucci
an easy-living dog in a small town in Curitiba, south of Brazil, ...


Signora Petronio
 by Lucille Bellucci
Signora Petronio finds her first love...


Retribution
 by Lucille Bellucci
Do you trust, or not?...


A Soochow Story
 by Lucille Bellucci
Lao is a corpse-mover (he works cheap, by ordering the bodies to stand up and follow him to their home villages for burial). He and a village maiden love each other but his dread profession prevents t...


The Czarina's Man
 by Lucille Bellucci
Of the foibles of will 'o' the wisp Count Nicolai Valentin Katcharovsky ...


Night Calls
 by Lucille Bellucci
Spoiled young girl matures through emotional hardship...


The Crab Season
 by Lucille Bellucci
Excerpt from novel, JOURNEY FROM SHANGHAI...


Ch.5, Pt. 2, Journey from Shanghai
 by Lucille Bellucci
Excerpt from prize-winning novel, Journey from Shanghai....


Cicadas
 by Lucille Bellucci
Shanghai in 1937 is under attack by the Japanese army; refugees flood the city; inside these tragedies, an English family is increasingly linked to a pair of beggars camped on the sidewalk outside the...


The Carioca Dobie Derby
 by Lucille Bellucci
Handsome is as handsome does--whatever that means. Then we entered our Doberman pinscher in the Rio Jockey Club dog show. Published in A Dog's World, Traveler's Tales, 1998....


Winters of the Heart
 by Lucille Bellucci
A singular solution to an unhappy marriage. Published in Timber Creek Review, Winter 2000....



Poetry

The Deed
 by Lucille Bellucci


California Summer
 by Lucille Bellucci


Obi
 by Lucille Bellucci
Less is more...


Ballad of Yeen Wang
 by Lucille Bellucci
About foot binding...


LULLABY
 by Lucille Bellucci
Be kind to your stomach...



Articles

Letter to Bill Maher
 by Lucille Bellucci
on the film "Religulous"...


See Naples And....
 by Lucille Bellucci
That's Life...


Shanghai, Feb. 1952
 by Lucille Bellucci
Starting out into the world...


Ezines that Pay
 by Lucille Bellucci
Ezines and online market newsletters...


More Than Half a Life
 by Lucille Bellucci
Wending my way back into singlehood...


Permanence is a Language
 by Lucille Bellucci
What language means when you haven't got it...


The Circle of Rage
 by Lucille Bellucci
Why it is payback time for China against its early colonialists....


Favors and Other Crimes
 by Lucille Bellucci
The perils to friendship of borrowing and lending....



News

Christmas poetry slam
 by Lucille Bellucci
A prize for me...


Pastiche: Stories and Such
 by Lucille Bellucci
Stories and essays and poetry...


Jack London Award
 by Lucille Bellucci
Nice recognition from California Writers Club ...


The Snake Woman of Ipanema
 by Lucille Bellucci
Thousands of spirit rituals all over Brazil each night. Good Candomble, evil Quimbanda. At an Umbanda ritual, Maggie Dalton commences her torturous path to Quimbanda....


Stone of Heaven"
 by Lucille Bellucci
"Stone of Heaven," sequel to "Journey from Shanghai," will be out in about a month. Next will be "The Pinkster, Loaner, Au Au (and Tango and Moon Cake) and Me," with lots of pictures. Pictures of what...


More Than Half a Life
 by Lucille Bellucci
Prize-winning essay"More Than Half a Life" at www.conversely.com, Antidotes page. It seems to resonate with many singles; I am even receiving mail from Norway....


A Single Woman" wins!
 by Lucille Bellucci
After my husband died I discovered what it was like out there in male-female interactions. I was hopelessly out of date, out of it, out of everything. My experiences and observations may help some wom...


Stone of Heaven
 by Lucille Bellucci
Journey from Shanghai has been withdrawn from iUniverse.com for rewriting, though it is still available at other online bookstores. In the meantime, the sequel, Stone of Heaven, is complete and waitin...


Links

Lucille Bellucci, Author
The Snake Woman of Ipanema and other current novels are featured on my Website. Snake is a hair-raising tale of the occult set in Brazil.


Lucille Bellucci, Author
IUniverse.com is my publisher; titles can be ordered from them as well as bn.com, amazon.com, and borders.com

The Year of the Rat
The Year of the Rat, set in Shanghai, China, is war/historical, the takeover by the Chinese communists. Love, desperation, survival, are Maria Conti's story.

A RARE PASSION
A Rare Passion is a romance set in Brazil. It is very erotic yet tender. Currently being offered as a diskette or e-download by www.Hardshell.com.


Additional information

My talk/signing of The Snake Woman of Ipanema having been a big draw on March 7, Barnes & Noble in Berkeley, CA invited me back to present The Year of the Rat on October 10, 7:30 pm. I also have a gig on July 6 in Oakland where the cultural events organizer will intersperse famous authors with unknowns like me. I have been allotted five minutes, but that just means I must concentrate on Snake Woman and Year of the Rat, without 55 minutes more of anecdotes. Other bookings in the Bay Area and elsewhere will follow. AOL will feature me on a live chat soon. My novel Journey from Shanghai will be out late this year. Newest book will be a little one about cats, titled "Meow's Way." I may post it here soon before publication. A few words about my 15 years in Brazil are in http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/10/prweb299044.htm

 
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