RM DAmato received a B.A. from California State University, Northridge in 1982 and an M.A. from U.S.C. in 1983. He worked as an assistant editor for the Los Angeles Times and executive recruiter for Fortune 100 companies. Currently, he is an adjunct professor at Miami Dade College. His previous novel, The Last Seminarian, was released in 2013. A collection of poetry, The Musings of a Late Baby Boomer, will be published in the fall of 2014.