John Lauricella was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, where he attended the public schools. He studied fiction writing with Frederick Busch at Colgate, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated magna cum laude. Later, he earned an M.F.A. in creative writing and a Ph.D. in English at Cornell. He is the author of Home Games: Essays on Baseball Fiction, chapters from which have been reprinted in Contemporary American Authors and Twentieth Century Literary Criticism. He has published short fiction in Arts & Letters: A Journal of Contemporary Culture, and Stone Canoe: A Journal of Arts, Literature, and Social Commentary. He is the author of the novels Hunting Old Sammie, 2094, and The Pornographer’s Apprentice, all published by Irving Place Editions. The manuscript of his new novel, Unforgettable, awaits consideration by several independent imprints. He has lived in Ithaca, NY, since 2001.