Lou Duro

Lou Duro (www.louduro.com), born in New York City, was destined to become a writer ever since receiving a toy printing press at the age of eight, which he used to write and publish the Bayside News, which he then hawked for five cents to surrounding neighbors. Following high school he enlisted in the military, and began his writing career in earnest, completing courses from The Naval School of Journalism and writing for several armed forces publications. After his discharge, he studied journalism and creative writing at New York University, while working as an editorial assistant for William Randolph Hearst's flagship newspaper, The New York Journal-American, learning his craft alongside such acclaimed journalists as Jimmy Breslin, Dorothy Kilgallen, and noted sports writer and broadcaster Stan Fischler. He soon became an award-winning reporter in his own right, receiving New York City's Best Spot News Story of the Year award in 1967. Lou currently resides on the Greek Island of Crete with his wife, Sofia. His fiction, poetry, magazine articles and news stories have appeared in numerous publications in the United States, Greece and Great Britain. His published works include the classic 1950s bio-fiction coming-of-age novel, Be Bop A Lula, as well as the perennial-selling free verse poetry book, the sadness of happy times.