ADAMS, Mass. — Roland Merullo, award-winning author of 28 books including 21 works of fiction, will appear at the Adams Free Library, 92 Park St. on Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 6:00pm. 

 

He will discuss and read from his recently published works. 

 

A reception sponsored by the Friends of the Adams Free Library will follow.

 

In 2003 Merullo won the Massachusetts Book Award for non-fiction "Revere Beach Elegy" and the Maria Thomas Fiction Prize "In Revere, In Those Days." His 2007 novel "Breakfast with Buddha" was nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award, and "American Savior" (2008) was chosen as an Honor Book in Fiction at the Massachusetts Book Awards. His book The "Talk-Funny Girl" was a 2012 Alex Award Winner. 

 

Merullo was born in Boston and raised in the nearby city of Revere. He is a former writer-in-residence at North Shore Community College and Miami Dade College, and has taught creative writing at Bennington, Amherst and Lesley Colleges. 

 

His fictional works range from his series of spiritually-themed books beginning with Breakfast with Buddha, his historical novels set in World War II Italy, and his books set in the working-class world of the city where he grew up.

 

He currently resides in the Hill Towns of Western Massachusetts.

 

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