Piero Scaruffi (born in Trivero, Italy, in 1955), is an Italian-American music writer. He has also published poetry books and books on artificial intelligence and cognitive science.
He has published books on the history of rock music, jazz, avant garde music and modern popular music. His A History of Rock Music (2003) spans 50 years of the genre. Since 2003 all his books are self-published. His writings on music are hosted online on his website, scaruffi.com, and include a history of jazz and a history of modern classical music. The website, especially its music section, was the subject of an article in the New York Times on October 15, 2006.
From 2000 to 2003 he was a member of the Governing Board of Directors of Leonardo Journal.He chaired the Big Bang conference of June 2008 at UC-Berkeley.