Rosanne Catalano (Umland), aka rckayla, was born in Queens, New York City to parents who were middle class. When she was 5 years old her parents moved to an upper middle class neighborhood in Plainview, New York. Plainview is where Rosanne grew up and where her passion for writing began. She has a Certificate in Creative writing & Children's literature from St. John's University in Jamaica (Queens) New York; obtained by attending St. John's University at night. She has been passionately writing her stories, poems and articles since she was 7 years old and in the third grade of school; the encouragement she received from her third grade teacher and classmates spurred her on to continue writing. After graduating high school in 1977, however, she worked full time as a secretary, typesetter, and artist for over 20 years while still writing at night. In 2002 she went full-time with her writing upon the publication success of her work in print & online to great reviews from the publishing industry and readers alike. In December 2004 she founded and owns an electronic literary magazine titled "The Cat's Meow for Writers & Readers Magazine". Her literary magazine can be read on her author website at: www.thecatsmeowforwritersreaders.com                

CERTIFICATE for U.S. Small Business Administration's Primer, Training and Final Small Business Online Course; Graduated Jan 2008.
CERTIFICATE for Creative writing & Children's literature from St. John's University in Jamaica, (Queens) New York; Graduated Dec 1983.
BRONZE AWARD for Outstanding Achievement in Ezine Publishing, 2004-2006.
GOLDEN PENCIL AWARD for Excellence in Literature; 2003.
Rosanne is a proud Member of:
The Small Publishers Association of North America [SPAN]; National Writer's Union [NWU]; National Association of Women Writers [NAWW]; Association of Authors and Journalists [AJA]; Magazine Publishers of America [MPA]; Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network [SPAWN], and
Rosanne has numerous poems, short stories and story articles published in print and online since 2002, and her published work online can be read on her website's "About" page: https://www.thecatsmeowforwritersreaders.com/about.html

Rosanne is currently working on her next book, which will be her first fiction novel - Coming Soon!!! Rosanne's first published book, "Touch of Tomorrow", was a book of her poetry; her current book, "Mirrored Images", is a book of her poems, short stories and nonfiction story articles, and is available to purchase directly from her website: www.thecatsmeowforwritersreaders.com OR from Lulu Press: www.lulu.com/content/1094520

Welcome toAuthor Rosanne Catalano's Official Website AND the home of The Cat's Meow for Writers & Readers Magazine
Author Rosanne Catalano is the owner and publisher of "The Cat's Meow for Writers & Readers Magazine," an electronic literary magazine that brings you short stories (fiction), story articles (nonfiction), flash fiction stories, essays, poetry (classical and contemporary), haikus, and nonfiction helpful articles. Plus, an Off The Press! section which showcases books by many authors (new and established) and where you can purchase your copy of their books.

The Cat's Meow for Writers & Readers Magazine
Rosanne also has a blog where she writes her thoughts, feelings about current events and any helpful information she deems appropriate for her readers. She considers her blog as an extension of her magazine and her own writing. Although she doesn't write in her blog on a daily basis, she likes knowing she can go there to let her muse out.

Rosanne Catalano (Rckayla)
Connect with Rosanne Catalano on Facebook at this link. You can also connect with her magazine's Fan Page on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/catsmeowfor

Rosanne Catalano
Also connect with Rosanne Catalano on the professional social media website LinkedIn. You will also find some of Rosanne's published work on her LinkedIn profile page.