Vincent Panella

Vincent Panella grew up in Queens and lives in Marlboro, Vermont. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University where he earned a degree in engineering, then served for two years in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War years. He received an M.A. in English from Penn State and went on to the Iowa Writer's Workshop where he studied under William Price Fox. He worked as a news reporter for the Dubuque, Iowa Telegraph-Herald , and as the Writing Specialist at Vermont Law School. His stories have...See more

Vincent Panella grew up in Queens and lives in Marlboro, Vermont. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University where he earned a degree in engineering, then served for two years in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War years. He received an M.A. in English from Penn State and went on to the Iowa Writer's Workshop where he studied under William Price Fox. He worked as a news reporter for the Dubuque, Iowa Telegraph-Herald , and as the Writing Specialist at Vermont Law School. His stories have appeared in several literary journals. Three of his books are memoirs, The Other Side is a novel, Cutter's Island is a ForeWord winner, and Lost Hearts is a story collection. See less