biography

Actress and writer Wendy Wilkins’ memoir, Sex, Love & Cops, follows Wilkins’ story as she joins the police force as a naive 20-year-old cop in Melbourne, Australia. The book includes many firsts: her first arrest, murder, dead body, love, cop culture and a #metoo moment. The good, the bad and the ugly of life as a cop in Melbourne Australia, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. A fast-paced and entertaining read with some wonderful […]

The Apricot Outlook of Katherine Koon Hung Wong is a hopeful look on an author’s journey of rediscovering his roots. Highlighting the author’s aspirations and efforts to reconnect with his Chinese genealogy, the title of Dennis W.C. Wong’s first book comes from the author’s mother Katherine’s Chinese middle name “Koon Hung,” which means outlook apricot. Upon hearing, recording, and sharing his mother’s stories, author Wong went on a trip to China to explore the roots […]

Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Story by Herbie J. Pilato is an in-depth biography of the iconic actress who first found fame on the 1960s TV sitcom, The Dick Van Dyke Show and in her own groundbreaking 1970s series, The Mary Tyler Moore Show which will celebrate its 50th anniversary September 2020. “It was a remarkable series that starred a remarkable person,” says author Pilato, who is also host of the classic TV talk show, Then […]

Getting to know 19-year-old Marine Vincent Benore “Saint” Santaniello, who died in Vietnam in March 1968, took a series of events for the nephew that Vinnie never knew: New York native, Ralph Vincent Morales. First, the July 2002 death of Ralph’s mother and Vinnie’s older sister and best friend, led him to find dozens of letters that Vinnie had written to Lilly during his tour in Vietnam in 1967-68. Then, he underwent years of research […]