Award-winning author Charles D'Amico wrote 1 million words of fiction before the age of 40. A few hundred thousand of them are a part of his Neil Baggio suspense series, which earned two PenCraft Awards (Veritas and Colloquium) and a Readers' Favorite Finalist in the Mystery category (Veritas).Charles was born and raised with one sibling in Metro Detroit, where he attended the all-boys Catholic prep school where his mother taught before she passed away. After studying Psychology and Criminology at Ball State University and earning a Bachelor's in 2004, Charles's gift for writing was put center-stage when an injury allowed him to write full time.In addition to his Baggio books, D'Amico is set to release a spinoff suspense series featuring Marie Perdita. He has written other non-crime fiction books, such as One Golden Day.Charles resides with his wife, Colleen, and their two kids in Amarillo, Texas, which has treated him like home since the day he arrived. His company Blue Rock owns and operates a chain of restaurants in Amarillo and two other cities in the Southwest.Charles is also the founder, president, and CEO of Blue Handle Publishing and Book Puma - an editorial firm that provides online learning and book editing services focused on changing how authors and publishing professionals interact. For more information, visit BookPumaOnline.com and BookPumaEdit.com.
