Robert Ferrigno

Robert Ferrigno (born 1947) is an American author of crime novels. He is best known for his entertaining writing style, which combines quirky characters with strong plots and sharp dialogue.

Biography

Ferrigno was born in South Florida, a tropical backwater rife with mosquitoes and flying cockroaches.

After earning college degrees in Philosophy, Filmmaking, and Creative Writing, he returned to his first love, poker. He spent the next five years gambling full-time and living in a high-crime area populated by starving artists, alcoholics, thieves and drug dealers, becoming friends with many people who would later populate his novels.

He used some of his winnings to start a punk rock magazine called The Rocket, where he interviewed The Clash, Elvis Costello, Iggy Pop, etc. The success of The Rocket got him a job as a feature writer for a daily newspaper in Southern California.

Over the next seven years he drove Ferraris and went for desert survival training with gun nuts. He ultimately gave up his day job to become a novelist, and his first book, "The Horse Latitudes", was called "the fiction debut of the season" by "Time" magazine.

Novels

* "The Horse Latitudes" (1990), his first
* "Cheshire Moon" (1993)
* "Dead Man's Dance" (1995)
* "Dead Silent" (1996)
* "Heartbreaker" (1999)
* "Flinch" (2001)
* "Scavenger Hunt" (2003)
* "The Wake-Up" (2004)
* "Prayers for the Assassin" (2006)
* "Sins of the Assassin" (Feb. 2008)

External links

* [http://www.robertferrigno.com/ Robert Ferrigno's Official Web Site]
* [http://www.prayersfortheassassin.com/ Prayers for the Assassin Official Web Site]
* [http://www.republicworldnews.com/ Republic World News]