The Recent Winner of a "Shelf Unbound" Best Indie Book Runner-Up Award for his young adult novel "The Kid Mobster", Michael J. DeCicco is proud to announce this new insightful, action-filled book is NOW AVAILABLE for sale in the KINDLE format. Similarly, his first novel,  KAURLIN'S DISCIPLES, earned a  "Shelf Unbound" Best Indie award in 2019.  This book, which was  published in 2006 by Infinity Publishing, PA (and is available on amazon.com/books) is an homage to the inspirational English teacher he had when he was a budding writer in high school in the late '60s. In turn, Mr. DeCicco said, the words of wisdom that his fictional version, Mark Kaurlin, gives his students will inspire readers, especially teenage readers, today. KAURLIN'S DISCIPLES is the story of a young, dynamic high school English teacher circa 1969, the students he inspires, including one female 'disciple' with an unrequited crush on him, and the administrators bent on firing him because of his rebellious ways   His site on Fanfiction.net offers a two-chapter sample of this engaging novel, the story of a high school senior and dreamer who collides with a mobster, goes to work for him, and must decide whether to make a daring escape.   Also on the FanFiction website, read and enjoy his SciFi adventure short story "The Last Terrorist", which was a finalist for the 2016 "Strange New World" original "Star Trek" story contest.        

Mr. DeCicco's credentials include serving as a reader of Young Adult Books for "The Boston Globe" and over 20 years as a freelance writer and news correspondent. Currently, he is a freelance writer and substitute teacher in the Greater New Bedford area. He lives with his wife Cynthia in New Bedford. He earned his BA in Creative Writing at Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI in 1977.