is an award-winning published poet and received his MFA from the NYU Creative Writing Program. He spent over two decades in the publishing industry (most recently as a sales manager in the Special Markets department at Simon & Schuster) and now writes full-time. He lives in Forest Hills, Queens, with his wife, Erica—and a substantial collection of Blu-rays, vinyl records, comic books, and action figures. 888 LOVE AND THE DIVINE BURDEN OF NUMBERS is his debut novel.