Dawn at Long Reach #1 by William Betcher

Roland Merullo

ROLAND MERULLO has published ten novels and four books of non-fiction. His memoir, Revere Beach Elegy, won the Massachusetts Book Award in Non-Fiction, and his novel, American Savior, was an Honor Book for the Massachusetts Book Award in Fiction. It was also one of Bookmarks Magazine's Best Books of 2009. Revere Beach Boulevard was a finalist for the L.L.Winship/PEN New England Prize, and In Revere, In Those Days won the Maria Thomas Fiction Award and was a Booklist Editor's Choice. His first book, Leaving Losapas, was a B.Dalton Discovery Series choice. Golfing with God has just been optioned by GemFilms. A recent novel, Breakfast with Buddha, was nominated for the Dublin International IMPAC Literary Award, and has gone into its twelfth printing. His books have been translated into Spanish, German, Korean, Croatian, and Portuguese. His most recent novel, The Talk-Funny Girl, won an Alex Award from the American Library Association and was a finalist for the New England Book Award. His reviews, essays and travel pieces have appeared in numerous publications nationwide. His serialized novels appeared in The Boston Sunday Globe Magazine and The Chronicle of Higher Education. He was born and raised in Revere, Massachusetts, has been a Peace Corps volunteer, worked for the U.S. Government in the former Soviet Union, driven a cab, worked as a carpenter, and taught for ten years at Bennington and Amherst Colleges as well as the Mass. College of Liberal Arts and Berkshire Community College. He lives in western Massachusetts with his wife and two daughters. For more about him, go to RolandMerullo.com.