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Joseph Pasquarella

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Joseph Pasquarella Jr., author of Elegy of the Song Sparrow and Images of Miss Lindfors was born in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1962. Joseph’s grandparents Khanamir and Khatrun Michaelian were surviving victims of the Armenian genocide as children. His great-grandmother Yettar Michaelian was killed in 1915 during the horrific brutality.

As a child, Joseph heard firsthand accounts of the atrocities while visiting often with his grandparents. All his adult life, Joseph has enjoyed writing and creating various characters, while authoring literary fiction around factual and historical events and backdrops. Joseph lives in northeast Ohio with his beautiful wife, Kalliopi “Caroline” Pasquarella. They have two children together, Joseph III and Rachel.

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Joseph Pasquarella My current book was based on a discovery of a real life tragedy of a local family. I took the facts and built a story around them to come up with the …moreMy current book was based on a discovery of a real life tragedy of a local family. I took the facts and built a story around them to come up with the book.(less)

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Joseph Pasquarella Before I start on a project, I build a skeletal structure of the story detailing every chapter and event.When I get writer's block, I simply go to ano…moreBefore I start on a project, I build a skeletal structure of the story detailing every chapter and event.When I get writer's block, I simply go to another part of the story,possibly even the epilogue, and try to write the ending of the story until my ideas for the other parts of the book begin to flow again. Some times switching up like that gets me going. Taking long walks to get the juices flowing again doesn't hurt either.(less)

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Elegy of the Song Sparrow

When two high school friends who were out trying to pass the time stumbled upon an obscure gravestone at the local cemetery, they became curious about the two names on the epitaph. Later, when they researched the obituary of the mother and her teen age son who died seven days apart back in 1941, they discovered an amazing family tragedy and a story that begged to be told. This story will grab at y Read more of this blog post »

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