RM DAmato received a B.A. from California State University, Northridge and an M.A. from U.S.C. He worked as an assistant editor for the Los Angeles Times but spent most of his career as a teacher in California and Florida. Currently, he is a professor at Miami Dade College. His second novel, I Have Three Things to Tell You, will be published in spring of 2014 along with a collection of poetry, Random Musings of a Late Baby Boomer.