RAIMONDO SALOMONE credits his diverse life experience with helping him to write intense, provocative and passionate prose. He has been writing stories since he was five years old, growing up in a middle class neighborhood in Queens, NY. Since then he has worked in a wide variety of jobs and occupations, which have helped forge his creative ideas. Among his favorites:
Sold beer on the gas lines during the oil embargo of 1973 (Age 9)
Day Camp Counselor
Ice Cream server at Carvel
Ran an underground casino (at Age 17) that catered to wealthy high school students
Gas Station attendant
Radio News Reporter at WVIP AM-FM,
General assignment Reporter for THE RECORD, Westchester Co. NY
House Painter
Furniture Mover
Runner for a bookmaker
US Army Soldier in Nuclear Missile Unit on the front lines of The Cold War
Bar Bouncer
Driver for strippers and escort service
Security Guard
Stockbroker
Executive Recruiter on Wall Street
Personal Trainer