Legend traces Anthony Ausiello’s love of stories and storytelling to the purchase of his first Superman comic book at four years old. To his parents’ dismay, one comic led to another and another.

Soon after, television reruns dug their hooks into him. Batman, The Monkees, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father—it didn’t matter, he loved them all. Before long, he moved onto The 4:30 Movie, every weekday—especially during Planet of the Apes and Godzilla weeks. Saturdays meant watching professional wrestling and kung fu films, while Sunday mornings were spent with The Bowery Boys and Abbot & Costello. And all the while, whenever possible, Anthony read. He cites The Black Stallion and Satan, Dune, and The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay among his literary inspirations. He graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with a BA in English. After a brief two-decades-long pitstop in corporate America, Anthony earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Fairleigh Dickinson University where he began to work on his first novel. Thoroughly Brooklyn-born and bred, Anthony now lives in Westfield, New Jersey, with his wonderful wife, Talia, and his amazing children, Anya and Eli.