Marco Rafalà

Fiction Writer

Brooklyn, NY 11215

Email:

Website:

www.marcorafala.com/

Author's Bio

Marco Rafalà is a first-generation Sicilian American novelist and writer for tabletop role-playing games. He earned his MFA in Fiction from The New School and is a cocurator of the Guerrilla Lit Reading Series in New York City. Born in Middletown, Connecticut, he now lives in Brooklyn, New York. His fiction and non-fiction have appeared in the Bellevue Literary Review and Literary Hub. His debut novel, How Fires End, was a 2020 Connecicut Book Awards finalist and honorable mention and won the 2021 Italian American Studies Association Book Award.

Author Photo Credit: Jeffrey Mosier Photography

Publications & Prizes

Book:

How Fires End (Little A, 2019)

Prizes won:

2020 Connecicut Book Awards finalist and honorable mention
Winner of the 2021 Italian American Studies Association Book Award

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Italian American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Middletown, CT

Connecticut

Raised in:

Middletown, CT

Connecticut

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Last update: Sep 04, 2021