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Anthony Pignataro

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in Whittier, California, The United States

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Anthony Pignataro has been a writer and journalist for nearly three decades. Today he works as an editor at the local news co-op Long Beach Watchdog. His most recent novels are The B Girls, about women who work at a chaotic bikini bar in Orange County, California; Maui Daze, a novel about a particularly rough day at a struggling newspaper on Maui; and Remembering Lahaina, a memoir of the 12 years he worked as a journalist on Maui. His previous novels Small Island, The Dead Season and Pau Hana Time, which deal with a bartender who plays detective on Maui, were published by Event Horizon Press, as was Stealing Cars with the Pros, a collection of his journalism. He lives in Long Beach, California with his girlfriend Angie and their cats Gromit ...more

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	Small Island by Anthony Pignataro (Goodreads Author), Joseph Robert Cowles (Designer) 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Pau Hana Time: A Charley Ridgway Novel 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 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 B Girls: A story of feminism in a men's bar 4.75 avg rating — 4 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
	The Dead Season: A Charley Ridgway Novel by Anthony Pignataro (Goodreads Author), Joseph Robert Cowles (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 3 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
	Stealing Cars With The Pros: stories from the noir side of life by Anthony Pignataro (Goodreads Author), Joseph Robert Cowles (Editor), Nicholas Schou (Foreword) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 3 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
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