Born in Toronto on November 13, 1959, Olindo Chiocca studied enginnering, worked in hi-rise constructiion then got sick of the long hours. He then decided to move to Nelson for a slower lifestyle and took up writing as his part-time passion. He says he stuggles to do as little as he can and still get away with it.

ARRIVAL IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: 1995

ANCESTRAL BACKGROUND: Italian

EMPLOYMENT OTHER THAN WRITING: Engineer, Photographer

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Dinner Wit Da Dons and Other Uninvited Guests, Black Scorpion, 1999
College Street; Guernica Editions March, 2005 (novel)
Mobsters and Thugs; Guernica Editions, April 2000

[BCBW 2005] "Fiction" "Recipes"