Richard Montanari

Author Richard Montanari was born in Cleveland, Ohio to a traditional Italian-American family. Montanari got through school, without doing much to thrill anyone, but after would travel Europe, seeing quite a bit of the country. He lived in London and sold clothing in Chelsea and foreign language encyclopedias that he had to go door-to-door to sell. He sold more a little more ties than books and would come back to America and join the construction firm that his family owned.

Montanari smashed his thumbs many, many times working in construction. He decided that the construction business was not for him, but thought that writing might. He would work freelance and would see some of his articles published in some big papers. During this time he also wrote what would become “Deviant Way”, his first novel, and would get signed. He enjoys ravioli, and from a young age learned that it has a taste that is much much better than that baby formula. He also likes beer and skittles.