Darrell Kastin

Darrell Kastin was born in Los Angeles, California. His maternal ancestors came from the Azores, settling in the United States at the end of World War II. He has spent considerable time on the islands over the years, using them as a setting for many of his short stories and novels. His short story collection, The Conjurer and other Azorean Tales was published in December 2012 by Tagus Press. It won the 2014 USA Best Book Award for Multicultural Fiction and the 2014 Global Ebook Award Silver...See more

Darrell Kastin was born in Los Angeles, California. His maternal ancestors came from the Azores, settling in the United States at the end of World War II. He has spent considerable time on the islands over the years, using them as a setting for many of his short stories and novels. His short story collection, The Conjurer and other Azorean Tales was published in December 2012 by Tagus Press. It won the 2014 USA Best Book Award for Multicultural Fiction and the 2014 Global Ebook Award Silver Medal for both Short Stories/Fiction and Fiction/Multicultural. Shadowboxing with Bukowski is a fictionalized memoir based on the author's days as a San Pedro bookstore owner. See less