Simone Caroti

Born in Italy, Simone Caroti isn't there anymore. He moved to the U.S. in 2002 to pursue a master's and a Ph.D. in comparative literature at Purdue University. While working on his graduate degrees he taught Italian, English composition, and literature, and after receiving his Ph.D. in 2009 he taught composition and business writing. In December 2010, he moved to Florida with his wife because she got a really nice job at Kennedy Space Center, and being constitutionally lazy, Simone does not mind shining by reflected light.

He's been keeping busy, though. He taught prep writing, communication, introductory literature, and science fiction at Brevard Community College between spring 2011 and spring 2012 before moving to Full Sail University, where he currently works as Course Director for Science Fiction and Fantasy. He is also a senior research scientist at the Astrosociology Research Institute (ARI), a non-profit organization devoted to bringing the humanities and the social sciences into the debate on human colonization of outer space.

Simone finds this business of being published very cool, so he wants to write more. Let's see if he can pull it off.