Steve Amoia is an Italian-American freelance writer and translator based in Washington, D.C. His writing career began as a technical writer for a software company. Amoia’s focal areas have been career-related themes, Chinese martial arts, historical figures, and international soccer journalism, respectively.

In 1989, Amoia completed the Writing for Children and Teenagers course at the Institute of Children's Literature. This program developed creative writing techniques under the supervision of a published author. This collection of short stories represents Amoia's first published work of fiction. He is also the author of the following books at Barnes & Noble Press: A Collection of Book Reviews, A Portfolio of Writing, The Interview Diaries, Martial and Healing Arts, The Soccer Translator and World Football Commentaries.

To learn more, please visit his writing portfolio site: www.sanstefano.com.

ABOUT THE EDITOR

Dan Leo Dukhin is a freelance performer, editor and screenwriter based in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. Born in Minsk, USSR, he immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1979. Having settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he graduated from UW-Milwaukee with a degree in Business Administration. Over the last decade and a half, he contributed to a number of soccer themed online publications, such as Soccerlens, Beyond The Pitch and World Football Commentaries.