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I am a San Francisco Bay Area native, growing up in San Mateo in the 1960s and 1970s. For many of those years I lived with my mom at the Hillsdale Garden Apartments next door to the Hillsdale Shopping Center, and spent my youth as a mall rat. I went to Serra High School with Barry Bonds, and got my B.S. in business from the College of Notre Dame. In my college years I sold stuffed killer whales and rented baby strollers during the summers at Marine World. I went on to work in accounting and IT for many years before my lifelong love for writing took hold and I began to develop my second career as a writer recently.

I live in Belmont with my wife and daughter and our Shih Tzu named Whimsy. I have worked in various positions in IT for the past ...more

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	Seismic Events: Growing up with Tourette's in a Makeshift Family During the Pop Culture Explosion of the 60s and 70s it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales from the Peninsula it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strange Bay it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Tales from the Peninsula it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eden Succession: Stories and Essays on Memory, Machine, and What Survives it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Dennis Venturoni liked Tanya's review of The Eden Succession: Stories and Essays on Memory, Machine, and What Survives: "Wow what a great collection of reads and all in one place. It will explore what being alive truly means to some and how they will overcome I received an advance copy from hidden gems and a wonderful collection "
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Dennis Venturoni liked June Ahern's review of Strange Bay: "Another interesting and fun read about the surrounding history and locations of the San Francisco Bay Area. Although growing up in the city there are places I had either known of or visited. Same with surrounding locations. This is one of my big draw" Read more of this review »
Aug 27, 2025 11:26AM · see review
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Dennis Venturoni rated a book it was amazing The Grand Biocentric Design: How Life Creates Reality by Robert Lanza	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I finally read through this third (and possibly final) installment in the Biocentrism series of books after finishing the first two a few years ago. The books are based on author Robert Lanza's theory on the true nature of the universe and our place ...more
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