Chuck Miceli

Chuck Miceli is a multi-genre author who emphasizes his creative style rather than any single category of writing. In 2025 hi co-authored his collaborative biography, "GOD is Watching the Apples." In 2026 he released his "Wounded Angels Mature Reader Edition," and a revised second edition of the original "Wounded Angels" (2020), based upon actual people, places and events. The novel features a female lead protagonist narrating her own story in the first person. In 2018, Seven Angels Theater in Waterbury CT produced a dramatic reading of his play based upon the same story. Over 150 people attending the premier gave the production a standing ovation.

In 2012, Miceli published his acclaimed paranormal thriller, "Amanda's Room." The novel combines elements of a techno thriller, murder mystery, and science fiction story in a single volume. He published the abridged "Amanda’s Room Travel Edition" in 2015. That same year, his poem, "Miner’s Lament," took third place in the worldwide Writer’s Digest competition.

In 1979, the U.S. Department of Justice published Miceli’s co-authored textbook, "Fire Behind Bars," as the first book in the U.S. to deal with deadly fires in secure institutions. As a speaker and consultant, Chuck has delivered workshops, training courses, and technical assistance to educational and professional organizations nationwide.

Chuck Miceli was born the son of a Pennsylvania coal miner, grew up one of eleven children in Brooklyn New York, and is a seminary college graduate with degrees in Philosophy and Criminal Justice. He has served as Training Officer in a maximum-security prison, Chief of Curriculum at the Connecticut Justice Academy, Coordinator for the National Institute of Corrections Resource Center, President of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UCONN Waterbury, and as a Staff Sergeant in the Marine Corps Reserves. He lives with his wife, Judy, in suburban Connecticut.