Gioia, Dave

Dave Gioia lives and writes in Southern California, the setting for both his debut novel, VALLEY OF SAINT ANNE, and second novel, HIMBA POND DANCE. The atmosphere, landscape, landmarks, politics and culture of the place inform both of these novels but the subjects they deal with are universal. Dave's novels are character-driven stories about contemporary life that explore relationship between people of all ages, which can be can be warm, tender and loving and also cool, harsh and hateful. When you observe people interacting and reacting to each other in Dave's novels you will see the entire sp...