Author, Filmmaker Storyteller of the human frontier
Alexandre was born in Casablanca, Morocco, to a family of Corsican and Sicilian heritage. His earliest memories are filled with the heat of the Mediterranean, the scent of dust and sea salt, and the restless hum of people forever arriving and departing. From these origins — two ancient islands bound by the sea — he inherited both the longing for freedom and the burden of memory.
His life has unfolded between three worlds: North Africa, the Nordic countries, and the United States. Each carries a distinct rhythm that echoes through his writing — the harsh light and raw emotion of the South, the silence and introspection of the North, and the vast, open restlessness of the American landscape. These geographies are not merely settings in his work; they are spiritual coordinates. They shape the inner weather of his characters, who move between belonging and exile, hope and desolation.
Alexandre’s creative path began with images. Long before he wrote his first novel, he was observing — the play of shadow and light, the hidden meanings in movement, the silence that reveals truth. His background in visual storytelling taught him that what is not said often carries the greatest power. When he began to write, that sensibility carried over naturally; his prose became cinematic, driven by rhythm and mood as much as by plot.
Writing for him is not an escape but an encounter. It is a way of facing what the world tries to look away from — the displaced, the forgotten, the invisible. His stories often emerge from borderlands, both literal and emotional: the line between justice and survival, between love and ruin, between silence and revelation.
Alexandre writes about people on the margins: migrants walking through the desert, fugitives on the run, veterans returning to haunted homelands, fathers and daughters clinging to each other in a collapsing world. These figures are not symbols of despair but of endurance. In them, he seeks what remains human when everything else has been stripped away.
Though his characters often travel great distances, his true subject is the inner journey — the reckoning that comes when a person must confront who they are and what they believe. Each novel becomes a crossing: through geography, through conscience, through time.
Now dividing his life between Sweden, Morocco, and the United States, Alexandre writes close to the landscapes that inspire him. The Nordic stillness gives him the clarity to shape, the desert wind brings him back to essence, and the vast American roads remind him that every story is a journey toward light. For Alexandre, storytelling is an act of faith. To write is to give voice to those who have none, to restore dignity to silence, and to remind us that even in the most desolate places, something sacred endures. His work exists in that fragile space between realism and poetry — where life is both brutal and luminous, and where every word carries the pulse of the unseen.
“Land of Silence — Alexandre Ottoveggio’s New Journey in Fiction”
Acclaimed filmmaker and actor Alexandre Ottoveggio now turns his storytelling talent to the page with his new novel Land of Silence. A gripping blend of thriller and drama, the book follows the journey of a family fleeing the devastation of Gaza in search of safety and hope in Europe. Their path leads them north, through uncertainty and danger, toward the promise of a new life in Sweden. At once intimate and universal, Land of Silence is a story of survival, resilience, and the unbreakable bonds of family. Ottoveggio brings the same cinematic vision that has shaped his film career, painting vivid scenes of loss and courage, despair and determination. This is not only a tale of escape, but also of what it means to carry memory, identity, and love across borders into an uncertain future.
Kingdom of Oblivion
A YA Romantic Fantasy by Alexandre Ottoveggio
The Story
Welcome to the Kingdom of Oblivion, where the rulers control every thought and feeling, and where forgetting is a weapon more dangerous than any blade. At the heart of this world is Elara, a fierce young rebel who refuses to surrender to the silence. Marked by loss but driven by hope, she embarks on a perilous journey to restore freedom to her people. Along the way, she discovers an unexpected power: the courage to love, even when love is outlawed. This is not only a story of rebellion—it is a story of romance, sacrifice, and the fight for truth. Every step Elara takes brings her closer to uncovering secrets long buried, and closer to a forbidden love that could either save her or destroy everything.
Shadow Nation
Shadow of Nation, the new novel of Alexandre Ottoveggio, follows Michael, a battle-hardened Iraq War veteran from the Lakota people, who returns home to his reservation after years of exile and silence. What he finds is not the place he left behind but a community hollowed out by loss—relatives missing, friends buried too soon, and neighbors living in fear. Whispers of drugs, disappearances, and unexplained deaths haunt the land, yet the truth is buried beneath intimidation and silence.
Determined to uncover what has poisoned his people, Michael begins asking questions—and quickly discovers that the rot runs deep. The local sheriff, once a boyhood friend, is now an enforcer for powerful politicians and outside interests who see the reservation as disposable. Michael’s search for answers puts him on a collision course with corrupt lawmen, predatory corporations, and a system designed to erase the Lakota Nation.