The blues and getting punched in the face were the two biggest influences in Ro Cuzon's development as a writer. Born in Brittany, France, Ro boxed for several years as a teenager and dropped out of high school to play guitar in a band. He has lived in France, San Francisco, the Caribbean, and Brooklyn, and finally settled in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. He's earned money as a waiter, bartender, construction worker, painter, landscaper, as well as other, unmentionable activities.
