RM DAmato

RM DAmato is the author of "The Last Seminarian", "I Have Three Things to Tell You, My Friend", and a collection of poetry, "Random Musings of a Late Baby Boomer".

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 but spent most of his career as a teacher in California and Florida. He is married with one daughter. Currently, he is an adjunct professor at Florida International University.

His principal literary influences are Chaucer and Bukowski. He enjoys biking, the martial arts, traveling and a good joke.

Accomplishments:

Finalist in the 2014 National Indie Excellence Awards in Science Fiction for "I Have Three Things To Tell You, My Friend."

Finalist in the 2014 Global eBook Awards in Science Fiction for "The Last Seminarian."

2013 Finalist for Science Fiction in the Foreward Review Indie Fab category for "The Last Seminarian".

"I am an author trying to obliterate the conventions of genre."