Frank C. Siraguso

Author bio

Frank C. Siraguso grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, in the Northeast neighborhood. He always had the idea of being a writer but was distracted by Elvis, learning guitar, playing Ventures songs and, finally, Beatlemania.

He really did quit college to make a go of playing in a band and really did work as a land surveyor to earn money to buy a bass and amp. After the Bobby Love experience, Frank returned to college but also went back to work as a surveyor. He eventually became a party chief, a title which, despite its festive name, is the title of a leader of a survey party.

Eventually Frank graduated from college, moved to Long Beach, California, and became a photographer. A brief stint as assistant pressroom manager at the Long Beach Press Telegram introduced him to using computers. He moved back to KC after a couple years and stayed in the photography business.

In the mid-1990s Frank got the internet bug, taught himself HTML coding and started an online column, Field Notes, which would now be called a blog, about various topics. He also started writing for Infozine.com™, eventually writing theater reviews. He has had photos published in New Letters, one of the oldest literary magazines in the U.S., and poetry published in local poetry magazines such as Thorny Locust.

Finally, in 1999, Frank landed a gig at Valentine Radford, then the oldest ad agency in KC, in their new interactive department as a web writer. From there he moved to another ad agency and then became the web writer for a local hospital, where he worked long enough to become senior writer. In December 2012 Frank graduated from the University of Kansas with an MA in communication studies. Soon after, Frank managed to start a freelance writing business specializing in medical writing, which he continues.

Frank retired from bands in 1992, after playing for a year with the Nightcrawlers, a band comprising remnants from the Rubbermaids, a well-known local KC band in the late 80s. He eschewed music for years but eventually decided to learn jazz guitar on his own, with mixed results. Luckily, there is very little danger of joining another band but at least playing music is fun again.