Ballo, Richard

Ballo: (Naples, FL) earned his B.S. degree in journalism from Suffolk University in Boston while working as a technical writer. Life without Lisa is based on the journal he kept for five years following the tragic death of his wife and soulmate. Ballo was 39 when Lisa died, and their sons were only five and six. After Lisa's death, writer's block overwhelmed Ballo, threatening to smother him in a blanket of frustration and failure. Little did he know that the journal he had been diligently writing would one day be published in a 208-page book, transforming his insights into a vehicle that enli...