Richard Matturro, a native of Rye, New York, holds a doctorate in English with a specialization in Shakespeare and Greek Mythology. After sixteen years at the Albany Times Union, he now teaches literature in the English Department at UAlbany and lives on an old farm in the foothills of the Berkshires.

Medea (Livingston Press, 2013), Janey (Livingston Press, 2012), Tri-City Trilogy (Luna, Janey, & Leslie) (Livingston Press, 2012), Perseus (Livingston Press, 2010), Leslie (Livingston Press, 2008), Luna (Livingston Press, 2006), Troy (Walker Company, 1989)