Alfonso Burrelli was born in New York to Italian immigrant parents who eventually settled on Long Island. He graduated from Hofstra College and held a Master’s degree in the humanities from Stony B...view moreAlfonso Burrelli was born in New York to Italian immigrant parents who eventually settled on Long Island. He graduated from Hofstra College and held a Master’s degree in the humanities from Stony Brook University and a Master’s degree in Education from Columbia University. He taught English in the public schools of New York and Long Island for over twenty-five years. He wrote this collection of short stories in retirement during the last five years of his life. He was awarded a literary prize for his first short story, “The Bride Wore Red” (“Winning Writers”) and was a frequently published contributor to the “The Easthampton Star,” and to the “Letters to the Editor” pages of both Long Island’s “Newsday” and “The New York Times.”
He was married to Louise Fumo Burrelli, Ph.D. (Columbia University, N.Y.) and lived on Long Island with their two children until his death in 2014 at age 81.view less