JOHN BOSCO

John is a former librarian with over 35 years of experience including Department Head in Reference Services at Garden City Public Library, and as Director of several public libraries on Long Island, NY., most notably for seven years at the Jericho Public Library.

He grew up on the outskirts of Jamaica Estates and received two degrees from St. John's University in English and a Master’s in Library Science. He has taught courses on the master's level in Ethics and Library History at the Palmer School for Library Science at C.W. Post, Long Island University.

He has also served as trustee to the Levittown Public Library where he began his career and has locally lectured at various libraries developing programs on Current Events, Film History and Criticism, and historical subjects in U.S. History. John is A US Air Force veteran and is presently retired and tutors High School English, and English as a Second Language for immigrants and native learners.

He is married to Rosemary Bosco, for 50 years plus and has lived in Levittown New York for 41 years. He is the proud father of two daughters, Michelle Moore and Stephanie Bosco-Ruggiero, and grandfather of Matthew, Jonathan, and Michael. He enjoys, golf, reading, movies, music, tinkering with his radio station on Live 365, and wants to write a sequel to his present book which will be a re-writing of the poems of Emily Dickinson from his own perspective.