M. E. Delgado is a native San Franciscan, growing up in the inner city and, as a child, possessing a talent and vision that would later flourish as a teenager. He began writing his first novel at age fourteen and has continued his hard work on various works of poetry and fiction. A graduate of St. Mary's College of California and graduate studies at Golden Gate University and San Francisco State University, M. E. Delgado is an accomplished high school and college instructor.

Most prized work: The First Sandcastle