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Augustus Cileone

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I was born in South Philadelphia. I attended Temple University. I have a Master’s Degree in English and teacher certifications in elementary and secondary education. My latest novel, The Bigger Picture, the sequel to Out of the Picture, is, like the first work, a mystery for movie lovers. The latest novel also has a #MeToo theme. My author royalties for Out of the Picture are being donated to an animal shelter, Kitty Cottage, where I volunteered. The royalties from the latest novel go to the Bryn Mawr Film Institute. I won a fiction contest sponsored by Oak Tree Press which published my first novel, A Lesson in Murder. I won first prize for fiction at the Philadelphia Writers’ Conference in 2007 and a short story award at the same conferenc ...more

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Augustus Cileone You can always write about something. The real problem to solve is making what you write worthwhile. That's the hardest part, and there are no easy so…moreYou can always write about something. The real problem to solve is making what you write worthwhile. That's the hardest part, and there are no easy solutions.(less)
Augustus Cileone You get to escape into a world that you create. Also, the act of artistically expressing yourself can be very cathartic.
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 My newest novel, Galloper's Quests, recently received third prize for literary fiction at the BookFest convention in California.

My father sparkedmy interest in science fiction. The first movie I saw in the theater was ForbiddenPlanet. Over time we watched The Twilight Zone and The OuterLimits, and The Andromeda Strain and Close Encounters of theThird Kind. This interest led to me to writing a

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“Man, do you ever feel it's just the hope of things we live for?' I asked. 'I mean, it's like the things themselves are just a big disappointment, you know? We like the searching, the dreaming. It's sort oflike the way previews for a movie are better than the film itself sometimes. What was that line I heard from Spock on Star Trek? He says 'Having is not as good as wanting' or something like that. Like, reality is the ultimate letdown.”
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