Ben Pastor

Ben Pastor is the pen name of a famous Italian author named Maria Volpi Verbena. She is popular for writing thriller, mystery, and historical fiction novels. Author Pastor is particularly well known for writing the Captain Martin Bora, Aelius Spartianus, and the Solomon Meisl book series. Pastor was born on March 4, 1950, in Rome, Italy. Currently, she is holding the dual citizenship of the United States and Italy. Author Pastor completed her graduation from the La Sapienza University in Rome in the field of archaeology. Following this, she shifted to the US and took the job of teaching. Pastor was involved in teaching at a number of universities in Vermont, Ohio, and Illinois. The writing career of author Pastor began in 2000 with the release of her first book called Lumen. This book also marks the beginning of Pastor’s successful Martin Bora series. Lumen is also the first novel that features the character of detective Martin Bora that author Pastor has created. Pastor has described Martin Bora as a tormented officer-investigator from Germany. The character of Martin Bora is inspired from the life of Claus von Stauffenberg, who was the executor of the murder attempt on the life of Hitler in 1944. The first in the successful series of novels features the life of Martin Bora throughout the military career as well as through the World War Two in Ukraine, Italy, and Poland.