Florio, Patricia

Patricia Florio was born in Brooklyn. She went back to school to study court reporting, and worked as a court reporter in the federal system in the United States Bankruptcy Court, but the writing bug always lingered inside. After a few courses in Creative Nonfiction, Patricia balanced family, work, and school and attended Rutgers University, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies. She then went on to Wilkes University's Low Residency Creative Writing program and stayed on the Nonfiction track, and graduated with an MA and MFA . Patricia is a Norman Mailer finalist in the 2012...