Bio

In addition to earning a B.A. in English and minor in philosophy from Kent State University, Toto also studied criminal justice for two years. He loves to tell stories that dissolve the illusion of safety modern society creates. For his thesis, he wrote an experimental novel about a man falling from a ninth-story balcony titled The Point of Impact, which received the distinction of Outstanding Quality from his committee. At Kent, he tutored Deaf students in English, and they tutored him in Deaf Culture. Currently, he is working on his third novel, learning as many Rush songs on guitar as possible, beta-testing a mafia-themed board game, and suffering the throes of perfecting sourdough bread. He owns a real estate brokerage in Ohio.