Phil Rosette

Born October 23, 1948, Pittsburgh, PA

Phil Rosette has published two prior novels; The Freya Project (Countinghouse Press, 2004), and Seoul Legacy, The Orphan’s Flu, (2009 digitally, 2012, Expresso Book Machine, University of Michigan). Both are available through Amazon.com in print and Kindle formats, and in print through AbeBooks.com. His short story, The Architect, was published in The Berkshire Review in 1995. Several of his short stories are available on PhilRosette.com.

Rosette’s writing stems from life’s experiences, starting at 19, hitchhiking across America to attend racing driving school in California. Something of an adrenalin junkie all his life, he volunteered for Vietnam, and then for the 128th Assault Helicopter Company (the Gunslingers) as a door gunner. “It was a rush.” Returning in 1970, Rosette spent the next decade racing open-wheel cars in England and America, finishing 2nd in the 1980 SCCA National Championships before turning his attention to the marketing side of motorsports. “I followed the money.” In 1995, Rosette left motorsports after 25 years to start an online marking company and to start writing. “As far as a mid-life crisis goes, it wasn’t bad.”

Rosette lives outside Detroit, Michigan where he and his wife run BirchwoodBooks.com, an antiquarian bookstore. “We only have about 4,000 volumes, so we’re more of a specialty store, strictly online. Most books are pre-1970 classics.” Rosette also runs the online marketing company Group41.com where he composes online ads and marketing campaigns for clients all across the United States. “The writing is as dry as yesterday’s toast, but it buy’s tomorrow’s loaf.”

Author’s quote on suspense writing: “I like to throw ordinary people into extraordinary situations, then let them figure it out.”