Michael Milardo

Michael Milardo is the author of three critically acclaimed novels: Nick Ilsanto and the Scourge of the Black Hand; Chica and Me, and a Girl Named Angel; and Bobby Stitch. His award-winning short stories have appeared in Sparks, Haunts, and Churchyard magazines, and in a collection of his works entitled Herm and Pop Visit Eternity. While attending New York University, he studied film production and screenwriting under Martin Scorsese and acclaimed television producer, Barbara Schultz. Then after working as a classically trained chef for sixteen years, he changed careers and taught language arts and social studies for seventeen years. He lives in East Hampton, Connecticut under the tutelage of his three cats – Lola, Mika, and Francine.